Geraldine Barniville

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Geraldine Barniville
Country (sports)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Born (1942-11-07) 7 November 1942 (age 81)
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 1R (1961, 1964)
US Open 2R (1964)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1972)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1964)

Geraldine Barniville (nee Houlihan; born 7 November 1942) is an Irish former squash and tennis player. [1]

Barniville is a native of Birr in County Offaly and comes from a prominent legal family (of the D.A. Houlihan law firm). [2]

As a tennis player, Barniville won a record nine Carrickmines titles during her career, the first in 1963. At the 1964 U.S. National Championships she faced the eighth-seeded Carole Caldwell in the second round and pushed her to deep in the third set. [3] She played in 10 Federation Cup ties for Ireland between 1964 and 1977. [4]

Despite not picking up squash until the age of 24, Barniville ended up competing at the World Championships. [5] She competed three times with the Irish national team at the World Teams Championships and from 1978 to 1983 she was part of the team that was six times in a row runner-up in the European Teams Championships.

Barniville was married to the late tennis player Harry Barniville and their son David is a High Court judge. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 OCallaghan, John (24 June 2022). "New President of the High Court has strong Offaly links". Offaly Express.
  3. "Australian shows Power". Arizona Daily Star . 6 September 1964.
  4. "Final faithful to proud tradition". The Irish Times . 19 July 2006.
  5. "Geraldine all set for another `stage'". Irish Independent . 1 June 1998.