Jan Lehane

Jan Lehane
Full name Jan Lehane O'Neill
ITF name Jan O'Neill
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1941-07-09) 9 July 1941
Grenfell, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open F (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
French Open QF (1960, 1962, 1963, 1964)
Wimbledon QF (1962)
US Open QF (1960, 1961)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open F (1961, 1963)
French Open SF (1960, 1961, 1962)
Wimbledon F (1961)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open W (1960, 1961)

Jan Lehane O'Neill (born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player.

At the Australian Championships, O'Neill reached the singles final four consecutive years (1960–1963) but lost to Margaret Court each time. O'Neill had a similar experience in women's doubles, reaching the final twice (in 1961 with Mary Bevis Hawton and 1963 with Lesley Turner Bowrey) but losing each time to a team that included Court (with Mary Carter Reitano in 1961 and Robyn Ebbern in 1963). O'Neill, had more success in the mixed doubles, twice winning the title (in 1960 with Trevor Fancutt and 1961 with Bob Hewitt). However, Mike Sangster and O'Neill lost the 1964 mixed doubles final to Court and Ken Fletcher.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, O'Neill was ranked in the world top ten in 1960, 1963, and 1964, reaching a career high of World No. 7 in those rankings in 1963.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (4 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1960 Australian Championships Grass Australia Margaret Court 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 1961 Australian Championships Grass Australia Margaret Court 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1962 Australian Championships Grass Australia Margaret Court 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up 1963 Australian Championships Grass Australia Margaret Court 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: (3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1961 Australian Championships Grass Australia Mary Hawton Australia Mary Carter Reitano
Australia Margaret Smith 		4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up 1961 Wimbledon Grass Australia Margaret Smith United States Karen Hantze Susman
United States Billie Jean King 		3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1963 Australian Championships Grass Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey Australia Robyn Ebbern
Australia Margaret Smith 		1–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles (2 titles)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1960 Australian Championships Grass South Africa Trevor Fancutt United Kingdom Christine Truman
Australia Martin Mulligan 		6–2, 7–5
Winner 1961 Australian Championships Grass Australia Bob Hewitt Australia Mary Carter Reitano
Australia John Pearce 		9–7, 6–2

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Career SR
Australia 1R SF F F F F SF A 2R 3R A A 3R QF A A 2R A A 2R / A 0 / 13
France A A QF 4R QF QF QF A A 3R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 6
Wimbledon A A 4R 3R QF 3R A A A 4R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 5
United States A A QF QF 3R A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 3
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 27

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. O'Neill participated only in the January edition.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.