Beatrice "Betsy" Abbas (née Venter born 1930s) is a UK-born Egyptian former tennis player who also represented South Africa.
She played in singles in the 1960 French Championships. She lost to Mexican player Yola Ramírez in the quarterfinals. on the French Open website.
She played in singles at the Wimbledon in 1952. She lost to the British Pat Harrison in the second round. Her partner in women's doubles, British Doreen Spiers, lost in the third round to British players Molly Blair and Mary Halford. Her partner in mixed doubles, Władysław Skonecki, lost in the fourth round to Australian player Lew Hoad and American Dorothy Head Knode.
In 1954 Wimbledon she lost to American Margaret Osborne duPont in the third round.
Career finals
Singles (7–3) ResultNo.YearLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1March 1947Cairo, Egypt Clay Billie Yorke6–1, 2–6, 3–6Win1.March 1952Cairo, Egypt Clay Simonne Mathieu6–1, 6–4Win2.November 1953Maadi, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 6–1, 6–1Win3.December 1953Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 6–2, 6–2Win4.February 1954Cairo, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 6–0, 6–2Loss2March 1954Cairo, Egypt Clay Totte Zehden 3–6, 3–6Win5.March 1954Alexandria, Egypt Clay Totte Zehden 4–6, 6–2, 6–3Loss3.June 1954Torquay, United KingdomHard Patricia Ward Hales0–6, 3–6Win6.November 1954Cairo, EgyptClay Xantippe Vassiliadou 6–2, 6–1Win7.March 1956Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Esther Saul 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Doubles (11–7) ResultNo.YearlocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1.March 1947Alexandria, EgyptClay Annalisa Bossi Suzanne Pannetier Billie Yorke1–6, 4–6Loss2.September 1949Athens, Greece Clay Georgina Greiss John Curry Peggy Dawson-Scott0–6, 3–6Loss3.March 1952Cairo, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Shirley Fry Doris Hart6–8, 4–6Loss4.February 1953Cairo, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Dorothy Head Knode Maud Galtier4–6, 7–9Loss5.March 1953Alexandria, Egypt Clay Patricia Ward Hales Dorothy Head Knode Maud Galtier7–9, 3–6Win 1. November 1953 Maadi, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Esther Saul Ingrid Smith 6–0, 2–6, 6–2Win 2. December 1953Heliopolis, Egypt Clay Georgina Greiss Esther Saul Ingrid Smith 6–4, 6–2Win3.February 1954Cairo, Egypt Clay Andree Eid Esther Saul Xenia Vassiliadis6–4, 6–3Win4. March 1954Cairo, Egypt Clay Patricia Ward Hales Totte Zehden Mary Kay Morris 6–0, 6–3Win5. March 1954Alexandria, Egypt Clay Patricia Ward Hales Totte Zehden Mary Kay Morris 6–2, 6–2Win6.June 1954Torquay, United KingdomHard Patricia Ward Hales Barbara Bradley Barbara Kimbrell 2–6, 6–2, 7–5Win7.November 1954Cairo, Egypt Clay Andree Eid Rona Hamdy Evelyn Houseman6–3, 6–2Win8.March 1956Cairo, Egypt Clay Althea Gibson Angela Mortimer Jenny Staley Hoad6–3, 7–5Win9.March 1956Alexandria, Egypt Clay Althea Gibson Angela Mortimer Jenny Staley Hoad6–3, 6–1Loss6.September 1959Paris, France Clay Ginette Bucaille Monique Coste Maud Galtier1–6, 2–6Win10.September 1961Paris, France Clay Maud Galtier Florence de la Courtie-Billat Anne-Marie Seghers5–7, 6–3, 0–6Loss7.October 1961Cannes, France Clay Maud Galtier Florence de la Courtie-Billat Françoise Dürr2–6, 1–6Win11.July 1962Paris, France Clay Irene de Lanslut Henriette Siarry Claudine Pierval4–6, 6–2, 6–4
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