Beatrice "Betsy" Abbas (née Venter born 1930s) is a South African-born Egyptian former tennis player.

She played in singles in the 1960 French Championships. She lost to Mexican player Yola Ramírez in the quarterfinals.^[1]

She played in singles at the Wimbledon in 1952. She lost to the British Pat Harrison in the second round.^[2] Her partner in women's doubles, British Doreen Spiers, lost in the third round to British players Molly Blair and Mary Halford.^[3] Her partner in mixed doubles, Władysław Skonecki, lost in the fourth round to Australian player Lew Hoad and American Dorothy Head Knode.^[4]

In 1954 Wimbledon she lost to American Margaret Osborne duPont in the third round.^[5]

Career finals

Singles (7–3)

Result	No.	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1	March 1947	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Billie Yorke	6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	March 1952	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	November 1953	Maadi, Egypt	Clay	Esther Saul	6–1, 6–1
Win	3.	December 1953	Heliopolis, Egypt	Clay	Esther Saul	6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	February 1954	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Esther Saul	6–0, 6–2
Loss	2	March 1954	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Totte Zehden	3–6, 3–6
Win	5.	March 1954	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Totte Zehden	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	June 1954	Torquay, United Kingdom	Hard	Patricia Ward Hales	0–6, 3–6
Win	6.	November 1954	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Xantippe Vassiliadou	6–2, 6–1
Win	7.	March 1956	Heliopolis, Egypt	Clay	Esther Saul	2–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles (11–7)

Result	No.	Year	location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	March 1947	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Annalisa Bossi	Suzanne Pannetier Billie Yorke	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	September 1949	Athens, Greece	Clay	Georgina Greiss	John Curry Peggy Dawson-Scott	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	March 1952	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Georgina Greiss	Shirley Fry Doris Hart	6–8, 4–6
Loss	4.	February 1953	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Georgina Greiss	Dorothy Head Knode Maud Galtier	4–6, 7–9
Loss	5.	March 1953	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Patricia Ward Hales	Dorothy Head Knode Maud Galtier	7–9, 3–6
Win	1.	November 1953	Maadi, Egypt	Clay	Georgina Greiss	Esther Saul Ingrid Smith	6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2.	December 1953	Heliopolis, Egypt	Clay	Georgina Greiss	Esther Saul Ingrid Smith	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	February 1954	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Andree Eid	Esther Saul Xenia Vassiliadis	6–4, 6–3
Win	4.	March 1954	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Patricia Ward Hales	Totte Zehden Mary Kay Morris	6–0, 6–3
Win	5.	March 1954	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Patricia Ward Hales	Totte Zehden Mary Kay Morris	6–2, 6–2
Win	6.	June 1954	Torquay, United Kingdom	Hard	Patricia Ward Hales	Barbara Bradley Barbara Kimbrell	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	7.	November 1954	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Andree Eid	Rona Hamdy Evelyn Houseman	6–3, 6–2
Win	8.	March 1956	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Althea Gibson	Angela Mortimer Jenny Staley Hoad	6–3, 7–5
Win	9.	March 1956	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Althea Gibson	Angela Mortimer Jenny Staley Hoad	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	September 1959	Paris, France	Clay	Ginette Bucaille	Monique Coste Maud Galtier	1–6, 2–6
Win	10.	September 1961	Paris, France	Clay	Maud Galtier	Florence de la Courtie-Billat Anne-Marie Seghers	5–7, 6–3, 0–6
Loss	7.	October 1961	Cannes, France	Clay	Maud Galtier	Florence de la Courtie-Billat Françoise Dürr	2–6, 1–6
Win	11.	July 1962	Paris, France	Clay	Irene de Lanslut	Henriette Siarry Claudine Pierval	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

References

External links

• Betsy Abbas at Wimbledon