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Mary Carter Reitano

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

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As a junior player she won the girls' singles title at the Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4] She became a coaching professional in 1962.[5]

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Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles (2 titles)

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Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

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Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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