{{Short description|South African tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Meryl Mark | image = | fullname = Meryl Laura Mark | country_represented = {{RSA|1928}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|03|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|09|16|1938|03|01|df=yes}} | death_place = Creighton, South Africa | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1961) | Wimbledonresult = 3R (1959) | USOpenresult = 2R (1961) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1960, 1961) | FrenchOpenMixedresult = 2R (1961) | WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1959) | USOpenMixedresult = 2R (1961) }} '''Meryl Laura Mark''' (1 March 1938 — 16 September 2006) was a South African tennis player.
Mark grew up in Boksburg on the East Rand and is the elder sister of tennis player John Hammill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hammill Nips Wright |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/587475635 |work=The Knoxville Journal |date=7 May 1959}}</ref> She competed briefly on the international circuit, notably reaching the third round of the 1959 Wimbledon Championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wimbledon Results |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19590625/175/0010 |work=Daily Herald |date=25 June 1959}}</ref>
In 1961 she married Australian tennis player Bob Mark and couple settled in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news |title=One Passing Mark at Merion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184518038 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=26 July 1961}}</ref>
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