Margaret Lilian Hunt (born 25 April 1942) is a South African former professional tennis player Active in the 1960s, Hunt reached women's doubles semi-finals at both the French Championships and Wimbledon.
[1] In the 1963 Federation Cup, the tournament's inaugural edition, Hunt was a member of the South African team with Renée Schuurman.
She won each of her singles and doubles rubbers in the first two ties, against Czechoslovakia and France, to set up a semi-final versus Australia.
Schuurman lost the opening rubber, but Hunt looked like levelling the tie when she led Jan Lehane by a set and 5–0, before the Australian came back to won, eliminating the South Africans.
[2] Hunt, who comes from Pretoria, was married to the late Johann Barnard, who headed the SA Tennis Union.