Renée Schuurman


Renée Schuurman Haygarth was a South African tennis player who won five Grand Slam women's doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Biography

Schuurman teamed with fellow South African Sandra Reynolds Price to win four Grand Slam women's doubles titles. They won the 1959 Australian Championships and the 1959, 1961, and 1962 French Championships. In addition, they were the runners-up at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962. Schuurman won her other Grand Slam women's doubles title with Ann Haydon-Jones at the 1963 French Championships. They defeated Margaret Court and Robyn Ebbern in the final.
In April 1962 she defeated Angela Mortimer in the final of the British Hard Court Championships.
Schuurman and Bob Howe teamed to win the mixed doubles title at the 1962 French Championships. She and Rod Laver were twice the runners-up in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments, at the 1959 Australian and French Championships. Her best Grand Slam singles result was when she reached the final at the 1959 Australian Championships, losing to Mary Carter Reitano 6–2, 6–3. Schuurman won the German Championships in 1963, defeating Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final in three sets.
According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Schuurman was ranked in the world top ten from 1960 through 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1963.
She married Peter Haygarth on 29 May 1964 in Durban. Her second marriage, to Robin Osborne, took place in 1977.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentsScore
Runner-up1959Australian ChampionshipsGrass Mary Carter Reitano2–6, 3–6

Doubles (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1959Australian ChampionshipsGrass Sandra Reynolds Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
Mary Carter Reitano		7–5, 6–4
Winner1959French ChampionshipsClay Sandra Reynolds Yola Ramírez
Rosie Darmon		2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up1960WimbledonGrass Sandra Reynolds Maria Bueno
Darlene Hard		4–6, 0–6
Winner1961French ChampionshipsClay Sandra Reynolds Maria Bueno
Darlene Hard		walkover
Winner1962French ChampionshipsClay Sandra Reynolds Justina Bricka
Margaret Court		6–4, 6–4
Runner-up1962WimbledonGrass Sandra Reynolds Billie Jean Moffitt
Karen Susman		7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Winner1963French ChampionshipsClay Ann Haydon-Jones Robyn Ebbern
Margaret Court		7–5, 6–4

Mixed doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1959Australian ChampionshipsGrass Rod Laver Sandra Reynolds
Bob Mark		6–4, 11–13, 1–6
Runner-up1959French ChampionshipsClay Rod Laver Billy Knight
Yola Ramírez		4–6, 4–6
Winner1962French ChampionshipsClay Robert Howe Lesley Turner Bowrey
Fred Stolle		3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament1955195619571958195919601961196219631964Career SR
Australian ChampionshipsAAAAFAAAAA0 / 1
French ChampionshipsAA1R2R3RQF4RSF3RA0 / 7
Wimbledon1RA2R2R1RQFSFQFQF2R0 / 9
U.S. ChampionshipsAAAA2RAA3RAA0 / 2
SR0 / 10 / 00 / 20 / 20 / 40 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 20 / 10 / 19