Vera Thomas

For the American nurse, see Vera Blanche Thomas.

Vera Sybil Thomas (née Dace; 3 December 1921 – 9 July 1995) was an English international table tennis and tennis player.

Vera Thomas (Dace)
Full name	Vera Thomas (Dace)
Nationality	England
Born	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921
Died	9 July 1995(1995-07-09) (aged 73)
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  England World Championships 1950 Budapest Doubles 1950 Budapest Team 1948 Wembley Singles 1948 Wembley Doubles 1948 Wembley Team 1947 Paris Singles 1947 Paris Team

Vera Thomas (Dace)

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1946)
Wimbledon	4R (1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1946, 1954)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1946)

Table tennis career

She won seven medals^[1] at the World Table Tennis Championships including three gold medals; two in the team events and one as a member of the winning doubles team in the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships with Peggy Franks.^[2][3][4][5] She also won three English Open titles.

Tennis career

As a tennis player she competed in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1961. Her best result in the singles was reaching the fourth round in 1948 in which she lost to Nelly Landry.^[6]

Personal life

She married Arthur Thomas in 1947 and became Vera Thomas-Dace.

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships