[1] In 1938 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to Dorothy Cheney.

[5] During the tour she competed in the French Championships where she reached the quarterfinal of the singles event where first-seed and eventual champions Simonne Mathieu proved too strong.

At the Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round of the singles event in three sets to third-seeded Jadwiga Jędrzejowska.

Partnering Nell Hopman she lost in the third round of the doubles competition against the first seeded team of Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke.

[6] Dorothy was the younger daughter of Ruth and Ernest A. Stevenson (died 9 April 1942) of "Mayfield", Langham Place, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria[7] She married John Victor Waddell in Melbourne on 1 February 1940.