1. Eva Duldig later competed in tennis, representing Australia at the Wimbledon Championships in 1961.
16 Facts About Eva Duldig
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Eva Duldig played at Wimbledon in 1962 and 1963 for the Netherlands, and competed in the Australian Open, French Championships, Fed Cup, and in the Israel-based Maccabiah Games, sometimes called the Jewish Olympics, where she won two gold medals.
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Eva Duldig played international soccer as a goalkeeper for Hakoah Wien, was the Austrian table tennis champion in 1923, and was one of the country's top tennis players.
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Eva Duldig graduated from Melbourne University in Australia.
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Eva Duldig took a role as physical education teacher in 1957 at Mount Scopus College, a Jewish day school in Melbourne.
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Eva Duldig played tennis at the Wimbledon Championships in 1961,1962, and 1963.
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Eva Duldig took unpaid leave from her job as a teacher to compete at Wimbledon.
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Eva Duldig represented Australia at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships in ladies' doubles, reaching the quarterfinals with partner Marlene Gerson, where they were defeated by American Sally Moore and Australian Lesley Turner.
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Eva Duldig played singles in the 1961 French Championships, losing to 14th seed Deidre Keller of Great Britain in the Round of 128.
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Eva Duldig then played women's singles in the 1963 French Championships, losing to Helga Hosl of Germany in Round 1.
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Eva Duldig was the highest-ranked female player for the Netherlands in the first Federation Cup, held in 1957 at Queens Club.
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Eva Duldig met Dutch Maccabiah tennis player Henri de Jong on a Tel Aviv tennis court at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Eva Duldig's daughter, Tania de Jong, is an Australian soprano, social entrepreneur, and businesswoman.
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In 1965, the family returned to Melbourne, and after she gave birth to two more children, Antony and Pieter, Eva Duldig found it challenging to maintain her tennis.
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Eva Duldig founded the Duldig Studio in 2002 in East Malvern.
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Eva Duldig wrote the memoir Driftwood: Escape and Survival through Art about her family's experiences.