Her toughest victory was in 1948, when she beat the 10-time British Open winner Janet Morgan in five sets.
[3][4] In tennis she won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships in 1949 after a two sets victory in the final against Jean Quertier, conceding just one game.
[6] At the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth she was a singles runner-up to Australian Nancye Bolton in 1947 and won the title in 1949 and 1950, against Quertier and Mary Terán de Weiss in the final respectively.
[6] She won three consecutive singles title at the West of England Championships held in Bristol between 1947 and 1949.
[8] The tennis player Patrick Hughesman, who participated in the 1985 and 1987 Wimbledon Championships, is her son.