Dame Ruia Mereana MorrisonDNZM MBE (born 8 May 1936) is a retired New Zealand tennis player.[1][2] Morrison was the first New Zealand woman and the first Māori person to play at Wimbledon and reached the fourth round in both 1957 and 1959. She also won 13 national New Zealand tennis titles.[1]
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Dame Ruia Mereana Morrison DNZM MBE (born 8 May 1936) is a retired New Zealand tennis player. Morrison was the first New Zealand woman and the first Māori...
defeated 6–4, 6–4 by Betty Nelson. The following month, Johnston lost to RuiaMorrison 6–1, 6–2 in the quarter-finals of the Auckland international invitation...
February 2014 joining many other notable Māori sports people like Dame RuiaMorrison. Between 1987 and 1990, she served as national president of the Māori...
Hudson and Leanne Baker. But perhaps the doyenne of Māori tennis was RuiaMorrison, who played with great honour in international competitions, and at...
7 June 2021 For services to Māori, music and television 59–60 Dame RuiaMorrison DNZM MBE Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit 7 June 2021...
Runners-up Score 1932 Palmerston North Miss M. Whyte ? ? 1961 Lower Hutt RuiaMorrison M. Johnston 6–3, 6–2 1967 Lower Hutt Marilyn Headifen Beverley Vercoe...
Agnes Morton, Dorothy Holman, Ermyntrude Harvey, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, RuiaMorrison, Virginia Wade, and Dianne Evers. In 1898 William Nevill, 1st Marquess...
14 June 1958 Beckenham, United Kingdom Grass Jean Forbes Sonia Cox RuiaMorrison 1–6, 3–6 Loss 7. 20 September 1958 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Estelle...
Wimbledon she competed in the ladies' singles, in the ladies' doubles with RuiaMorrison and in the mixed doubles with Peter Nicholls. "Sports Honours Board...
the second round of the singles, quarter-finals of the doubles (with RuiaMorrison), and fourth round of the mixed doubles (again with husband Jeff). As...
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