{{Short description|Canadian tennis player (1929–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name =Benita Senn |image = |caption = |fullname =Benita Muriel Senn |country = {{flag|CAN}} |residence = |birth_date = 23 August 1929 |birth_place =Toronto, Ontario, Canada |death_date = 23 October 2022 (age 93) |death_place =Leaside, Ontario, Canada |height = |college = |turnedpro = 1955 (Amateur Circuit)<br />1969 |retired = 1970 |plays = |careerprizemoney = |tennishofyear = |tennishofid = |website = |singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=41|lost=31}} |singlestitles =8 |highestsinglesranking = |currentsinglesranking = |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = |Wimbledonresult = |USOpenresult =1R (1964) |Othertournaments = |Olympicsresult = |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |currentdoublesranking = |grandslamsdoublesresults = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = |USOpenDoublesresult = |OthertournamentsDoubles = |OlympicsDoublesresult = |Mixed = <!-- adds mixed information--> |mixedrecord = |mixedtitles = |AustralianOpenMixedresult = |FrenchOpenMixedresult = |WimbledonMixedresult = |USOpenMixedresult = |OthertournamentsMixedDoubles = |OlympicMixedDoublesresult = | Promajors = | USProresult = | WembleyProresult = | FrenchProresult = }} '''Benita Muriel Senn''' (née '''Hulme'''; 23 August 1929–23 October 2022) was a Canadian tennis player, Physical Therapist and later tennis coach. She competed at the 1964 U.S. National Championships and won the Canadian International Championships and was ranked Canadian No 1 the same year.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Canadian Open |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19680816&id=z4Y1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=1Z8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3614,3039633&hl=en |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Montreal Gazette |publisher=Google News Archive |date=16 August 1968 |location=Montreal, Canada |page=28}}</ref> She was active from 1955 to 1970 and won 8 career singles titles.

==Career== Born Benita Muriel Hulme on 23 August 1931, she married Englishman Stanley Alfred Senn in March 1953 in London, England.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=9IgGewFDqSZoiAL%2FmY7ujQ&scan=1 |title=Index entry |accessdate=14 January 2024 |work=FreeBMD |publisher=ONS}}</ref> In 1955, she became a member of the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, and in August same year she won her first title at Toronto District Championships against Anne Bagge.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fontana Earns Title, Brief Rest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/941061701/?terms=Toronto%20District%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=27 April 2025 |newspaper=Toronto Daily Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=8 August 1955 |location=Toronto, Canada |volume=69 |page=17 |language=en}}</ref> She won her final title in May 1970 at the Leaside Invitation against Louise Brown. In June 1970, she played her final singles tournament at the Moore Park Championships where she reached the final, but lost to Faye Urban.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tennis Balls last at Moore Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/945735482/?terms=Benita%20Senn%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=27 April 2025 |newspaper=Toronto Daily Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=29 June 1970 |location=Toronto, Canada |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> She died on 23 October 2022 at Leaside, Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benita Muriel Senn |url=https://mountpleasantgroup.permavita.com/site/SennBenitaMuriel.html |website=mountpleasantgroup.permavita.com |publisher=Mount Pleasant Group |access-date=14 January 2024 |location=Toronto, Canada |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/benita-senn/800176809/can/wt/s/overview/ ITF Official Player Page]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senn, Benita}} Category:1929 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Canadian female tennis players Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen