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Alison Burton in 1940

Alison Violet Burton (3 November 1921 – 9 June 2014) was a left-handed Australian tennis player. She and Joyce Wood won the girls' doubles competition at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1938, 1939 and 1940.

Biography

Burton was born and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She was educated at Huntingtower School and the University of Melbourne, being awarded a tennis blue in 1941.

As a schoolgirl, Burton represented the state of Victoria in the 1938 and 1939 Wilson Cup matches. In 1938 and 1939 she also won the Victorian junior championship and was runner-up for the Australian title.

In 1952, she partnered with Mary Bevis Hawton and reached the finals of the women's doubles at the Australian Championships.

Personal life

On 17 September 1946, Burton married fellow Australian tennis player, Robert (Bob) Baker at Lincoln College Chapel, Oxford, England. They later returned to Tasmania, Baker's home state, and lived in Hobart. Their daughter, Barbara Baker, became a judge of the Federal Circuit Court, and in 2021 was appointed as the 29th Governor of Tasmania.

Burton died in South Hobart in 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Alison Baker Death Notice - Melbourne, Victoria". tributes.theage.com.au. The Age. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. "Girls' Doubles". ausopen.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. "Tennis Types". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 18, 503. Victoria, Australia. 3 September 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Commencement Week at Melbourne University". The Australasian. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1941. p. 31. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "They Both Play Tennis". Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: 1848–1957). 26 June 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. Tennis players married, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas), 24 September 1946
  7. "player – Tennisarchives.com". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. Smith, Linda (16 June 2021). "Tasmania's 29th Governor Barbara Baker has been sworn in at a brief ceremony". The Mercury. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
Australian Open girls' doubles champions
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