Cathy Drury

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Cathy Drury
Full nameCathy Birt (nee Drury)
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1960-03-25) 25 March 1960 (age 60)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1977 (Dec))
Wimbledon 1R (1983)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1977 (Dec)))
Wimbledon 2R (1979, 1980)

Cathy Drury (born 25 March 1960) is a British former professional tennis player.

A right-handed player, Drury made her grand slam singles main draw debut at the 1977 Australian Open, where she was beaten in the opening round by second seeded countrywoman Sue Barker. [1]

Drury competed as a singles wildcard in the 1983 Wimbledon Championships. As a doubles player she twice featured in the Wimbledon second round.

Since the 1990s she has run the Set Point Tennis Academy in Thames Ditton, along with husband Gordon Birt, a tennis player turned coach from South Africa. [2]

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References

  1. "Sports Results - Tennis". The Canberra Times . 3 January 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. "About Us". www.setpointtennis.com.