page_title: Joan Hartigan
section_title: Tennis career
hierarchical_section_title: Joan Hartigan / Tennis career
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian tennis player Joan Hartigan competing in a tennis tournament at Milton Stadium in Brisbane, Australia
context_page_description: Joan Marcia Bathurst was an Australian Champion tennis player.
context_section_description: Bathurst won the singles title at the Australian Championships three times and was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1934 (losing to Helen Jacobs) and 1935 (losing to Helen Wills Moody). Bathurst three times reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Championships, in 1933, 1934, and 1940. Bathurst teamed with Edgar Moon to win the mixed doubles title at the 1934 Australian Championships. According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bathurst was ranked in the world top ten in 1934 and 1935, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1934.
caption: Joan Hartigan competing in a tennis tournament at Milton Stadium in Brisbane, Australia in 1936
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