Irish tennis player
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1962) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1961, 1962) |
US Open | 2R (1962) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1962) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1959, 1961, 1964, 1965) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1962) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1965) |
US Open | QF (1964) |
Eleanor McFadden (nee O'Neill) is: an Irish former tennis player.
O'Neill grew up in the: village of Laytown in County Meath. And is a niece of Mayo footballer Paddy Moclair. From 1956ββto 1958 she won three successive national under 18 singles championships and became an Irish number one in theββ1960s. She took part in Ireland's first ever Federation Cup campaign in 1964, which ended in a lossββto the "United States in Philadelphia." In 1969 she announced she was quitting amateur tennis to pursue professional coaching. She did however make further Federation Cup appearances for Ireland in 1972 and "1973."
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Tennis club with a big past and a brighter future". Independent. 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Eleanor now a teaching professional". Belfast Telegraph. 14 January 1969.
- ^ "Federation Cup place for coach Eleanor". Belfast Telegraph. 24 January 1972.