Renée Schuurman’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African tennis player
A.K.A. Renée Schuurman Haygarth
Was Athlete 
Tennis player 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 26 October 1939, Durban, South Africa
Death Howick, South Africa
Star sign Scorpio
Family
Children: Brent Haygarth 

Renée Schuurman Haygarth (née Schuurman; 26 October 1939 – 30 May 2001) was a South African tennis player who won five Grand Slam women’s doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Biography

Schuurman teamed with fellow South African Sandra Reynolds Price to win four Grand Slam women’s doubles titles. They won the 1959 Australian Championships and the 1959, 1961, and 1962 French Championships. In addition, they were the runners-up at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1962. Schuurman won her other Grand Slam women’s doubles title with Ann Haydon-Jones at the 1963 French Championships. They defeated Margaret Court and Robyn Ebbern in the final.

In April 1962 she defeated Angela Mortimer in the final of the British Hard Court Championships.

Schuurman and Bob Howe teamed to win the mixed doubles title at the 1962 French Championships. She and Rod Laver were twice the runners-up in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments, at the 1959 Australian and French Championships. Her best Grand Slam singles result was when she reached the final at the 1959 Australian Championships, losing to Mary Carter Reitano 6–2, 6–3. Schuurman won the German Championships in 1963, defeating Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final in three sets.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Schuurman was ranked in the world top ten from 1960 through 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1963.

She married Peter Haygarth on 29 May 1964 in Durban. Her second marriage, to Robin Osborne, took place in 1977.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Runner-up 1959 Australian Championships Grass Mary Carter Reitano 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1959 Australian Championships Grass Sandra Reynolds Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
Mary Carter Reitano 		7–5, 6–4
Winner 1959 French Championships Clay Sandra Reynolds Yola Ramírez
Rosie Darmon 		2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 1960 Wimbledon Grass Sandra Reynolds Maria Bueno
Darlene Hard 		4–6, 0–6
Winner 1961 French Championships Clay Sandra Reynolds Maria Bueno
Darlene Hard 		walkover
Winner 1962 French Championships Clay Sandra Reynolds Justina Bricka
Margaret Court 		6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1962 Wimbledon Grass Sandra Reynolds Billie Jean Moffitt
Karen Susman 		7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Winner 1963 French Championships Clay Ann Haydon-Jones Robyn Ebbern
Margaret Court 		7–5, 6–4

Mixed doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1959 Australian Championships Grass Rod Laver Sandra Reynolds
Bob Mark 		6–4, 11–13, 1–6
Runner-up 1959 French Championships Clay Rod Laver Billy Knight
Yola Ramírez 		4–6, 4–6
Winner 1962 French Championships Clay Robert Howe Lesley Turner Bowrey
Fred Stolle 		3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Career SR
Australian Championships A A A A F A A A A A 0 / 1
French Championships A A 1R 2R 3R QF 4R SF 3R A 0 / 7
Wimbledon 1R A 2R 2R 1R QF SF QF QF 2R 0 / 9
U.S. Championships A A A A 2R A A 3R A A 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 19
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