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...
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writer Ruia Morrison (born 1936), tennis player from New Zealand Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), American historian Sara Virginia Ecker Watts Morrison (1868–1950)...
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February 2014 joining many other notable Māori sports people like Dame Ruia Morrison. Between 1987 and 1990, she served as national president of the Māori...
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1877–1968) Sir Andy Murray (2017, Knight Bachelor, born 1987) Dame Ruia Morrison (2021, DNZM, born 1936) Dame Flora Duffy (2022, DBE, born 1987) Sir...
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defeated 6–4, 6–4 by Betty Nelson. The following month, Johnston lost to Ruia Morrison 6–1, 6–2 in the quarter-finals of the Auckland international invitation...
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1957 Margaret Hellyer Ruia Morrison 6–4, 6–4 1958 Angela Mortimer Ruia Morrison 6–2, 6–1 New Zealand Invitation 1959 Ruia Morrison Betty Holstein 6–4, 6–4...
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first New Zealand female player in the Open Era, and second after Dame Ruia Morrison in 1957 and 1959. She reached her first quarterfinal with a win over...
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Jones 6–1, 6–1 Karen Krantzcke Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Billie Jean King Ruia Morrison-Davy Helen Gourlay Kimiyo Hatanaka Beverley Vercoe Scandinavian Open...
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Hudson and Leanne Baker. But perhaps the doyenne of Māori tennis was Ruia Morrison, who played with great honour in international competitions, and at...
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Christine Truman (2) Sheila Armstrong 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 1959 Shirley Bloomer Ruia Morrison 6-2, 6-4 1960 Christine Truman (3) Shirley Bloomer Brasher 6-4, 6-2...
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7 June 2021 For services to Māori, music and television 59–60 Dame Ruia Morrison DNZM MBE Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit 7 June 2021...
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6–3 Win (2–1) 1965 QF 16 January 1965 Melbourne New Zealand Grass Ruia Morrison-Davy Win 6–1, 6–4 Win (3–0) SF 17 January 1965 France Françoise Dürr...
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Runners-up Score 1932 Palmerston North Miss M. Whyte ? ? 1961 Lower Hutt Ruia Morrison M. Johnston 6–3, 6–2 1967 Lower Hutt Marilyn Headifen Beverley Vercoe...
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Score 1958 Nelson Ruia Morrison Dawn Taylor 6–4, 6–8, 6–1 1960 Nelson Sonia Cox Heather Robson 8–6, 6–1 1962 Nelson Ruia Morrison (2) Ethne Mitchell...
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the Connaught Hard Court Championships partnering with New Zealand's Ruia Morrison. "SA Tennis Glamor Girl". News. Trove National Library of Australia...
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Agnes Morton, Dorothy Holman, Ermyntrude Harvey, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Ruia Morrison, Virginia Wade, and Dianne Evers. In 1898 William Nevill, 1st Marquess...
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1 2 3 1 Ruia Morrison-Davy Norma Baylon 3 6 3 6 2 Elizabeth Terry Nora Somoza 7 5 6 4 3 Ruia Morrison-Davy / Elizabeth Terry Norma Baylon / Nora...
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7-5 1959 Yola Ramírez Flo De La Courtie 7-5, 6-1 1960 Edda Buding Ruia Morrison 6-4, 8-6 1961 Margaret Smith Elizabeth Starkie 6-2, 6-3 1962 Jill Blackman...
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Wimbledon she competed in the ladies' singles, in the ladies' doubles with Ruia Morrison and in the mixed doubles with Peter Nicholls. "Sports Honours Board...
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14 June 1958 Beckenham, United Kingdom Grass Jean Forbes Sonia Cox Ruia Morrison 1–6, 3–6 Loss 7. 20 September 1958 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Estelle...
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4-6, 6-3 1956 Anne Shilcock (2) Margaret H. O'Donnell 6-4, 6-2 1957 Ruia Morrison Heather Redwood Robson 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 1958 Christine Truman Anne Shilcock...
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Schuurman Sandra Reynolds 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 1960 Dorothy Head Knode (2) Ruia Morrison 6–4, 6–2 1961 Ann Haydon Kathy Chabot 6–0, 6–3 1962 Madonna Schacht...
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6 T Long 6 6 Anne Shilcock 1 7 2 T Long 6 6 Ruia Morrison 11 6 R Morrison 4 3 Louise Snow 9 3 R Morrison 2 6 6 Isabel Troccole 1 7 S Armstrong 6 3 3 Sheila...
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6 Heidi Enzen Ruth Kaufmann 1 1 2 M Hawton T Long 6 6 R Morrison H Robson 2 3 Ruia Morrison Heather Robson 6 3 6 Ginette Bucaille Susan Chatrier 2 6...
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Jean Knight 0 1 Edda Buding Ilse Buding 6 6 E Buding I Buding 6 3 7 L Coghlan F Muller 2 6 5 Lorraine Coghlan Fay Muller 8 6 Sonia Cox Ruia Morrison 6 4...
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5 6 5 R Morrison P Nettleton 8 2 1 Erika Launert Renate Ostermann 7 4 7 E Launert R Ostermann 1 6 5 Ruia Morrison Pat Nettleton 6 6 R Morrison P Nettleton...
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round Jean Knight Viola White 3 1 Christiane Mercelis Ruia Morrison 6 6 C Mercelis R Morrison 8 4 E Buding V Pužejová 10 6 Edda Buding Věra Pužejová...
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Anne Shilcock 1 6 2 R Morrison 3 6 6 Joan Johnson 6 3 6 J Johnson 3 6 0 Pearl Panton 3 5 R Morrison 6 4 6 Ruia Morrison 6 7 R Morrison 1 5 Mimi Arnold 6 6...
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the second round of the singles, quarter-finals of the doubles (with Ruia Morrison), and fourth round of the mixed doubles (again with husband Jeff). As...
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Woodgate 6 3 1 Ruia Morrison 6 6 R Morrison 2 6 6 Marion Craig-Smith 3 2 R Morrison Pilar Barril 4 3 J Curry w/o Joan Curry 6 6 R Morrison 4 9 Sue Waters...
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