Английская Википедия:Geraldine Barniville

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Шаблон:Infobox tennis biography Geraldine Barniville (nee Houlihan; born 7 November 1942) is an Irish former squash and tennis player.[1]

Barniville is a native of Birr in County Offaly and comes from a prominent legal family (of the D.A. Houlihan law firm).[2]

As a tennis player, Barniville won a record nine Carrickmines titles during her career, the first in 1963. At the 1964 U.S. National Championships she faced the eighth-seeded Carole Caldwell in the second round and pushed her to deep in the third set.[3] She played in 10 Federation Cup ties for Ireland between 1964 and 1977.[4]

Despite not picking up squash until the age of 24, Barniville ended up competing at the World Championships.[5] She competed three times with the Irish national team at the World Teams Championships and from 1978 to 1983 she was part of the team that was six times in a row runner-up in the European Teams Championships.

Barniville was married to the late tennis player Harry Barniville and their son David is a High Court judge.[2]

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