Wendy Turnbull

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Wendy Turnbull

Born November 26, 1952 (1952-11-26) (age 55)
Flag of Australia Brisbane, QLD
Occupation Tennis player
Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of Australia Australia
Women's tennis
Bronze 1988 Seoul Women's doubles

Wendy Turnbull, MBE, (born November 26, 1952 in Brisbane, Australia) was an Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court. She was ranked in the year-end world top 20 for ten consecutive years (1977 through 1986) and in the year-end world top 10 for eight consecutive years (1977 through 1984).

Turnbull teamed with Elizabeth Smylie to win the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Turnbull won 13 singles titles, 55 women's doubles titles, and 5 mixed doubles titles during her career.

Turnbull won four women's doubles titles and five mixed doubles titles at Grand Slam events. She was a 15-time runner-up in Grand Slam events: three times in singles, eleven times in women's doubles, and one time in mixed doubles. Nine of her eleven women's doubles losses were to teams that included Martina Navratilova.

Turnbull was a member of Australia's Fed Cup team from 1977 through 1988, compiling a 46-16 overall win-loss record (17-8 in singles and 29-8 in doubles). She was the captain or coach of the team from 1985 through 1993.

Turnbull was appointed to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Olympic Committee in 1991, the only player appointed to the committee. She also serves on the ITF's Fed Cup Committee.

Turnbull was honored by the city of Brisbane with the dedication of a public park in her honor in December 1993. She was made a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1984.

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[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1977 U.S. Open Flag of the United States Chris Evert 7–6, 6–2
1979 French Open Flag of the United States Chris Evert 6–2, 6–0
1980 Australian Open Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6–0, 7–5

[edit] Women's doubles

[edit] Wins (4)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score/Final
1978 Wimbledon Flag of Australia Kerry Melville Reid Flag of Yugoslavia Mima Jausovec
Flag of Romania Virginia Ruzici		 4–6, 9–8, 6–3
1979 French Open Flag of the Netherlands Betty Stove Flag of the United Kingdom Virginia Wade
Flag of France Francoise Durr		 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1979 U.S. Open Flag of the Netherlands Betty Stove Flag of the United States Billie Jean King
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova		 7–5, 6–3
1982 U.S. Open Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals Flag of the United States Sharon Walsh
Flag of the United States Barbara Potter		 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (11)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score/Final
1978 U.S. Open Flag of Australia Kerry Melville Reid Flag of the United States Billie Jean King
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova		 7–6, 6–4
1979 Wimbledon Flag of the Netherlands Betty Stove Flag of the United States Billie Jean King
Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova		 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1980 Wimbledon Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals Flag of the United States Anne Smith
Flag of the United States Kathy Jordan		 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1981 U.S. Open Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals Flag of the United States Anne Smith
Flag of the United States Kathy Jordan		 6–3, 6–3
1982 French Open Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Anne Smith		 6–3, 6–4
1983 Wimbledon Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver		 6–2, 6–2
1983 Australian Open Flag of the United Kingdom Anne Hobbs Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver		 6–4, 6–7, 6–2
1984 U.S. Open Flag of the United Kingdom Anne Hobbs Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver		 6–2, 6–4
1986 Wimbledon Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlikova Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver		 6–1, 6–3
1986 U.S. Open Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlikova Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1988 Australian Open Flag of the United States Chris Evert Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States Pam Shriver		 6–0, 7–5

[edit] Mixed doubles

[edit] Wins (5)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score/Final
1979 French Open Flag of South Africa Bob Hewitt Flag of Romania Virginia Ruzici
Flag of Romania Ion Tiriac		 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1980 U.S. Open Flag of the United States Marty Riessen Flag of the Netherlands Betty Stove
Flag of South Africa Frew McMillan		 7–5, 6–2
1982 French Open Flag of the United Kingdom John Lloyd Flag of Brazil Claudia Monteiro
Flag of Brazil Cassio Mota		 6–2, 7–6
1983 Wimbledon Flag of the United Kingdom John Lloyd Flag of the United States Steve Denton
Flag of the United States Billie Jean King		 6–7, 7–6, 7–5
1984 Wimbledon Flag of the United Kingdom John Lloyd Flag of the United States Steve Denton
Flag of the United States Kathy Jordan		 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score/Final
1982 Wimbledon Flag of the United Kingdom John Lloyd Flag of South Africa Kevin Curren
Flag of the United States Anne Smith		 2–6, 6–3, 7–5

[edit] Women's doubles wins (55)

  • 1989 - Los Angeles (w/Navratilova)
  • 1987 - Brisbane (w/Mandlikova), Tampa (w/Evert), Oakland (w/Mandlikova)
  • 1986 - Virginia Slims Championships (w/Mandlikova), Oakland (w/Mandlikova), Houston (w/Evert)
  • 1985 - Oakland (w/Mandlikova), San Diego (w/Reynolds), Newport (w/Evert), New Orleans (w/Evert)
  • 1984 - Los Angeles (w/Evert)
  • 1983 - Brisbane (w/Hobbs), Sydney (w/Hobbs)
  • 1982 - U.S. Open (w/Casals), Seattle (w/Casals), Palm Beach Gardens (w/Casals), Orlando (w/Casals), US Indoors (w/Casals)
  • 1981 - Colgate Series Championships (w/Casals), Oakland (w/Casals), Detroit (w/Casals), Seattle (w/Casals), Hilton Head (w/Casals), Mahwah (w/Casals), Tampa (w/Casals)
  • 1980 - Seattle (w/Casals), Boston (w/Casals), Hong Kong (w/Walsh)
  • 1979 - French Open (w/Stove), U.S. Open (w/Stove), Detroit (w/Stove), Boston (w/Reid), Italian Open (w/Stove), German Open (w/Casals), Chichester (w/Stevens), Eastbourne (w/Stove), Richmond (w/Stove), Atlanta (w/Stove), Phoenix (w/Stove), Stockholm (w/Stove), Melbourne (w/King), Sydney (w/King)
  • 1978 - Wimbledon (w/Reid), Hollywood (w/Casals), Seattle (w/Reid), Philadelphia (w/Reid), U.S. Indoors (w/Reid), Sydney (w/Reid)
  • 1977 - Pensacola (w/Nagelsen), São Paulo (w/Reid)
  • 1976 - Swiss Open (w/Nagelsen), West Australian Championships (w/Reid)
  • 1975 - Auckland (w/Goolagong)
  • 1973 - Bournemouth (w/Coleman)

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Career SR
Australian Open 2R A 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R A / A A A F SF QF QF SF 3R NH 4R A 1R 0 / 14
French Open A A A 1R A A 3R A A F QF A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4
Wimbledon A A 1R 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 4R QF QF QF 4R 4R 4R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 18
U.S. Open A A A A A A 1R F SF 3R 3R 3R 4R 3R SF 4R QF 2R 1R A 0 / 13
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 49

NH = tournament not held.

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.

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