Jean Walker-Smith

Jean Barbara Walker-Smith (née Bridger; 17 March 1924 – 23 February 2010) was a female tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s.

[6] At the 1951 French Championship she teamed up with compatriot Jean Quertier and reached the doubles semifinal, losing in straight sets to the eventual champions Shirley Fry and Doris Hart.

With Jean Quertier, she won the doubles title at the Italian Championships in Rome in 1950, defeating Betty Hilton and Kay Tuckey in the final in three sets.

[7] Walker-Smith won the South of England Championships grass court tournament in Eastbourne four times; in 1948 and from 1950 until 1952.

At the Irish Open in July 1952, she reached the final, losing in two sets to reigning U.S. and Wimbledon champion Maureen Connolly Between 1949 and 1952, Walker-Smith was a member of the British team that competed in the Wightman Cup.