Nell Hall Hopman
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| Full name | Eleanor Mary Hall Hopman |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Born |
9 March 1909 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 10 January 1968 (aged 58) Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Retired | 1966 |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1939, 1947) |
| French Open | 3R (1938) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1934, 1952, 1953) |
| US Open | 3R (1938) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1935, 1937, 1955) |
| French Open | W (1954) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1935, 1947) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1930, 1936, 1937, 1939) |
| Wimbledon | F (1935) |
Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and captain of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams.
Hopman was born on 9 March 1909 at Coogee, Sydney and was the only daughter and second of three children of Charles Ernest Hall, clerk, and Mabel Gertrude, née Tipper. She was educated at Claremont College, Randwick and as a student she excelled at tennis and music. She obtaining her licentiate and teaching diploma at the Royal College of Music, London and received a scholarship in 1928 but instead elected to pursue a tennis career.
Hopman teamed with her husband to win four mixed doubles titles at the Australian Championships (1930, 1936, 1937, and 1939). They were mixed doubles finalists at Wimbledon in 1935, losing to Fred Perry and Dorothy Round Little in three sets.
Hopman was a singles finalist at the Australian Championships in 1939 and 1947. She partnered with Maureen Connolly to win the women's doubles title at the 1954 French Championships. She played in 58 Grand Slam singles events during her career, the last one a first round loss at the 1966 French Championships when she was 57 years old. She played in 27 of the 28 singles events that were held at the Australian Championships from 1930 through 1962, including 25 consecutive events from 1933 through 1962. Her last Grand Slam event was the women's doubles tournament at the 1966 US Championships, where she and Mrs. Arklay Richards lost in the first round.
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