Joyce Beryl Wood was an Australian tennis player. [1] [2] She and Alison Burton won the girls' doubles competition at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1938, 1939 and 1940. [3] Wood also won the girls' single competition at the Australian Championships in the same three years. [4]
Wood was from Caulfield, Victoria. In 1943, she married fellow tennis player Max McDermott in Melbourne. Following their marriage, the couple relocated to Perth, Western Australia. [2]
After the birth of her daughter, Kay Suzanne McDermott in 1945, Wood continued to compete in tournaments, including defending her women's singles title in Perth in April 1946. [5] [6]
Joyce Beryl Wood was an Australian tennis player. [1] [2] She and Alison Burton won the girls' doubles competition at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1938, 1939 and 1940. [3] Wood also won the girls' single competition at the Australian Championships in the same three years. [4]
Wood was from Caulfield, Victoria. In 1943, she married fellow tennis player Max McDermott in Melbourne. Following their marriage, the couple relocated to Perth, Western Australia. [2]
After the birth of her daughter, Kay Suzanne McDermott in 1945, Wood continued to compete in tournaments, including defending her women's singles title in Perth in April 1946. [5] [6]