 Ingram in 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1910 Harrow, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 February 1981 (aged 71) Westminster, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Joan Mary Ingram (28 February 1910 – 4 February 1981), was a female English international lawn tennis and table tennis player. [1]
Ingram was born on 28 February 1910 in Harrow, London and died during the first quarter of 1981. [2]
She won triple bronze at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Winifred Land, mixed doubles with Charlie Bull and women's singles. [3] [4] In late 1928, Joan Ingram was world ranked fifth. She also won two English Open titles.
She represented Great Britain in the 1937 Wightman Cup and reached the 1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles semi finals with Evelyn Dearman. [5]
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