Ula Valkenburg Explained

Ula Valkenburg
Birth Date:1901
Birth Place:Australia
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Gordon, New South Wales, Australia
Plays:Right-handed
Australianopenresult:QF (1934)
Australianopendoublesresult:F (1934)
Australianopenmixedresult:SF (1931)

Ula Valkenburg (1901 – 16 May 1988) was an Australian tennis player who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Valkenburg reached the quarterfinals of the singles event at the Australian Championships in 1931 which she lost to Joan Hartigan. In 1934 she teamed-up with Hartigan to compete in the women's doubles event at the Australian Championships. The pair reached the final where they were beaten by compatriots Emily Hood Westacott and Margaret Molesworth in three sets.[2] In the mixed doubles event she reached the semifinal at the 1931 Australian Championships with Charles Donahue.

In January 1931 she was defeated in the singles final of the New South Wales Championships by Marjorie Cox Crawford.[3] Valkenburg was a runner-up at the 1934 New South Wales Hard Court Championships, losing in the final in three sets to Iris Luckie.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-ups)

Notes and References

  1. News: Valkenburg, Ula . The Sydney Morning Herald . 17 May 1988 . 33.
  2. News: Tennis. . . 1 February 1934 . 21 (Women's supplement) . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: All Crawford. . . 2 February 1931 . 4 . National Library of Australia.