Mary Carter Reitano (née Carter; born 29 November 1934) is a former tennis player from Australia.

As a junior player, Carter won the girls' singles title at the Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952.

Reitano won the singles title at the 1956 Australian Championships, defeating Thelma Long in the final in three sets after surviving a match point in the third set. At the 1959 Australian Championships Reitano won her second singles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Renée Schuurman. Additionally, she reached the Australian semifinals on six other occasions. She teamed up with Margaret Court to win the women's doubles title there in 1961. Reitano teamed up with three different partners to be the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1956, 1959, and 1962 Australian Championships. Reitano was also the runner-up in mixed doubles at the 1961 Australian Championships.

In February 1958, she married Sydney Reitano. She became a coaching professional in 1962.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles (2 titles)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1956 Australian Championships Grass Thelma Long 3–6, 6–2, 9–7Win 1959 Australian Championships Grass Renée Schuurman 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 1956 Australian Championships Grass Beryl Penrose Mary Bevis Hawton Thelma Coyne Long 2–6, 7–5, 7–9Loss 1959 Australian Championships Grass Lorraine Coghlan Renée Schuurman Sandra Reynolds 5–7, 4–6Win 1961 Australian Championships Grass Margaret Smith Mary Bevis Hawton Jan Lehane 6–4, 3–6, 7–5Loss 1962 Australian Championships Grass Darlene Hard Margaret Smith Robyn Ebbern 4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 1961 Australian Championships Grass John Pearce Jan Lehane Bob Hewitt 7–9, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR Australian ChampionshipsSFSF WQFSF WSFSFSF 2 / 9 French ChampionshipsA1RAA1RQFA4RA 0 / 4 WimbledonA4RAA1R3RA2RA 0 / 4 U.S. ChampionshipsAAAAAAAAA 0 / 0 SR0 / 10 / 31 / 10 / 10 / 31 / 30 / 10 / 30 / 1 2 / 17

See also Performance timelines for all female tennis players since 1978 who reached at least one Grand Slam final

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