Evelyn Dearman

Evelyn Dearman (8 September 1908 – 2 December 1993) was an English female tennis player who was active during the late 1920s and the 1930s.

[2] In the doubles event Dearman reached the semifinal in 1937 partnering Joan Ingram.

That same year she teamed-up with Daniel Prenn to reach the semifinal of the mixed doubles competition which they lost to the second-seeded pair Simonne Mathieu and Yvon Petra.

Her biggest success at Grand Slam level came in 1935 when she partnered with Nancy Lyle Glover to win the doubles title at the 1935 Australian Championships, defeating Louie Bickerton and Nell Hall Hopman in the final in straight sets.

[3][4] In July 1937 she won the singles title at the Canadian Championships after a walkover in the final against compatriot Mary Hardwick.