Pam Whytcross

Pam Whytcross (born 25 November 1953) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In a nine-year professional career beginning in 1977, Whytcross won 3 doubles titles and was a losing finalist with Naoko Satō at the 1978 Australian Open. In singles, Whytcross' best Grand Slam results were at Melbourne and Roland Garros in 1977, where she reached the third round. Whytcross reached a career-high singles ranking of 150 and number 141 in doubles.

Pam Whytcross
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1953-11-25) 25 November 1953
Turned pro1977
Retired1986
Prize moneyUS$ 126,973
Singles
Career record6–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 150 (7 January 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1977 Jan)
French Open3R (1977)
Wimbledon3R (1978)
US Open2R (1977)
Doubles
Career record23–40
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 141 (15 March 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1978)
French OpenQF (1977, 1978, 1980)
Wimbledon3R(1977, 1980)
US Open3R (1976, 1977, 1978)

Career

Although Whytcross did not turn professional until 1977, she began competing in tournaments in 1973 and played in her first doubles final in Sydney in January 1974. Her best achievement was reaching the final of the Australian Open in 1978 with partner Naoko Satō, but they lost to Betsy Nagelsen and Renáta Tomanová. In singles competition at the Grand Slams, she reached the third round of the French Open in 1977 and at Wimbledon in 1978 Wimbledon Championships.

Whytcross won her first doubles title at the Head Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria in July 1983. Successive titles followed in October at two tournaments in Tokyo: the Japan Open and the Borden Classic. She competed in the doubles final in Mahwah, New Jersey in 1978 but she lost with partner Barbara Potter.

She retired in 1986 at the age of 33.

Post-tennis career

In 1998, Whytcross became involved with mentoring Australian player Jelena Dokić as part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) mentoring scheme.[1] She held the responsibility for two years, then she was appointed the tennis competition manager at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following the conclusion of the games, she took up a role as a WTA Tour supervisor.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1978Australian OpenHardJapan Naoko SatōUnited States Betsy Nagelsen
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová		5–7, 2–6

WTA finals

Doubles (3 wins, 3 losses)
Result W/L Date Tournament Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1974 New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Hard Australia Janet Fallis United States Ann Kiyomura
Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1978 Bergen County Classic Mahwah, U.S. Hard United States Barbara Potter South Africa Ilana Kloss
South Africa Marise Kruger		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Dec 1978 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Hard Japan Naoko Satō United States Betsy Nagelsen
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová		 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–3 Jul 1983 Head Cup Kitzbühel, Austria Clay New Zealand Chris Newton France Nathalie Herreman
France Pascale Paradis		 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 2–3 Oct 1983 Borden Classic Tokyo, Japan Hard Australia Chris O'Neil Australia Brenda Remilton
Japan Naoko Satō		 5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win 3–3 Oct 1983 Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Hard New Zealand Chris O'Neil United States Helena Manset
United States Micki Schillig		 6–3, 7–5

References
  1. McDonald, Margie (27 January 2009). "Jelena Dokić is happy and relieved according to former tour player Pam Whytcross". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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