Lorraine Coghlan

Lorraine Coghlan
Full name Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Victoria, Australia
Born (1937-09-23) 23 September 1937
Victoria, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open F (1958)
French Open 4R (1958)
Wimbledon 4R (1958)
US Open 2R (1958)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open F (1958, 1959, 1960, 1967)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open F (1958)
Wimbledon W (1958)

Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (born 23 September 1937) is a female former tennis player from the state of Victoria in Australia. In 1956 she won the Australian Championships Girls Singles title.[1] Coghlan teamed with Bob Howe to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1958.[2][3] Coghlan and Howe were also the runners-up in mixed doubles at the 1958 French Championships.

At the Australian Championships, Coghlan was the singles runner-up in 1958, losing to Angela Mortimer Barrett 6–3, 6–4, and was a four-time runner-up in women's doubles, in 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1967.[4]

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963–1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Career SR
Australia 2R QF SF F QF QF A 2R A QF 1R A A A 0 / 9
France A A A 4R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1
Wimbledon A A A 4R A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 2
United States A A A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 13

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.

References

  1. "Girl's Singles". Australian Open. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  2. "Althea Gibson wins again Winbledon title". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. 6 July 1958. p. 23. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  3. "History – Rolls of Honour – Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2008". wimledon.org. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  4. "Tennis: Australian Open: Women: Doubles". Sports123.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

See also

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