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Marilyn Pryde

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Marilyn Pryde

Marilyn Pryde was New Zealand's leading woman player in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won her first senior national title aged 15 in the 1967–68 tennis season, and won some tournaments overseas.

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Joseph Romanos, Tennis – New growth, 1950s to 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37349/marilyn-pryde (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joseph Romanos, published 24 February 2012.