# Betsy Abbas

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.
She played in singles at the Wimbledon in 1952. She lost to the British Pat Harrison in the second round. Her partner in women's doubles, British Doreen Spiers, lost in the third round to British players Molly Blair and Mary Halford. Her partner in mixed doubles, Władysław Skonecki, lost in the fourth round to Australian player Lew Hoad and American Dorothy Head Knode.
In 1954 Wimbledon she lost to American Margaret Osborne duPont in the third round.

## 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 |