| Vera Thomas (Dace) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vera Thomas (Dace) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 July 1995 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 2R (1946) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1948) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1946, 1954) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1946) |
Vera Sybil Thomas (née Dace; 3 December 1921 – 9 July 1995) was an English international table tennis and tennis player.
She won seven medals [1] at the World Table Tennis Championships including three gold medals; two in the team events and one as a member of the winning doubles team in the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships with Peggy Franks. [2] [3] [4] [5] She also won three English Open titles.
As a tennis player she competed in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1961. Her best result in the singles was reaching the fourth round in 1948 in which she lost to Nelly Landry. [6]
She married Arthur Thomas in 1947 and became Vera Thomas-Dace.
Leah Thall-Neuberger, nicknamed Miss Ping, was an American table tennis player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.
Marie Kettnerová was a female Czech international table tennis player.
Maria Alexandru is a former Romanian table tennis player.
Gizella 'Gizi' Farkas was a female international table tennis player from Hungary.
Éva Kóczián, later Kóczián-Földy is a former female international table tennis player from Hungary.
Vilim Harangozo was an ethnic Hungarian former table tennis player from Yugoslavia.
Fujie Eguchi was an international table tennis player from Japan.
Věra Votrubcová is a former female international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Zoja Rudnova was an international table tennis player from the former Soviet Union.
Vlasta Depetrisová was a Czech female international table tennis player.
Dai Lili is a former international table tennis player from China.
Zheng Huaiying also known as Cheng Huai Ying is a female former international table tennis player from China.
Margaret 'Peggy' Franks is a former table tennis player from England.
Elizabeth Blackbourn was a female international table tennis player from England.
Lucy Margaret Knott was an English international table tennis and tennis player.
Astrid Krebsbach, was a German international table tennis player.
Svetlana Grinberg, is a former female international table tennis player from Soviet Union.
Taeko Namba is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Marie Šmídová, was a female Czech international table tennis player.
Elizabeth Steventon was a former female international table tennis player from England.
