Helen Angwin

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Helen Angwin (born c. 1931) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the first half of the 1950s.

Career

In 1952 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to compatriot Thelma Coyne Long. In the semifinal she had defeated first-seeded and reigning champion Nancye Wynne Bolton.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42715991 |title=Helen Angwin's tennis win |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=15,563 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 January 1952 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} In the doubles event she reached the semifinal in 1953 together with Gwen Thiele. In total she participated in five editions of the Australian Championships between 1949 and 1954.{{cite web|title=Australian Open players archive – Helen Angwin|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/393.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1953|date=1953|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|pages=181–183|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}

In January 1952 Angwin won the singles title at the South Australian Championships in Adelaide, defeating Gwen Thiele in the final in three sets.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93866545 |title=Helen Angwin new women's titleholder |newspaper=The Chronicle |date=13 March 1952 |page=42 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129869905 |title=Singles title to Helen Angwin |newspaper=The News |date=7 March 1952 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}} She lost the final of the 1954 edition in three sets to Jenny Staley.{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual & Almanack 1955|date=1955|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|page=197|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}

In September 1954 she announced her retirement from tennis due to her upcoming marriage.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47598038 |title=Miss Angwin to drop out of tennis |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=9 September 1954 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Personal life

Helen Angwin is the youngest of two daughters of Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888–1949).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36686640 |title=Death Of Mr. H.T.M. Angwin |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=South Australia |date=13 September 1949 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47628598 |title=Sisters to wed |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=21 December 1954 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} She married Graham Polkinghorne on 19 January 1955 in Adelaide.

Grand Slam finals

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1952Australian ChampionshipsGrass{{flagicon|AUS}} Thelma Coyne Long2–6, 3–6

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