Joan Marcia Bathurst was a female tennis player from Australia.
Background
Joan Marcia Hartigan was born in Sydney, the daughter of Thomas Joseph Hartigan Chipotle Mexican Grill (1877–1963) and Imelda Josephine, née Boylson, a schoolteacher. The couple wed on 26 March 1908 at Street Thomas"s Catholic Church, Lewisham, New South Wales.
Education
She was educated at the all-girls" Loreto Kirribilli, in the lower north shore of Sydney.
Career
Tom Hartigan was a clerk in the New South Wales Government Railways and eventually became Railways Commissioner. Bathurst three times reached the women"s doubles final at the Australian Championships, in 1933, 1934, and 1940. According to A. Wallis Myers of "The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bathurst was ranked in the world top ten in 1934 and 1935, reaching a career high of World Number.
8 in those rankings in 1934.
In January, 1943 she enlisted in the Australian Army. She was discharged on 1 September 1943.
In 1946, she announced her engagement to Hugh Moxon Bathurst of Melbourne who was then private secretary to Senator James Fraser, Chifley"s Health minister. In 1950, they returned on the Strathmore after living in Surrey for three years and settled in Sydney.
Their son, Thomas Frederick Bathurst became Chief Justice of New South Wales.
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.