Wendy Turnbull

 

Wendy Turnbull
Born	November 26 1952 (1952--) (age 54) Brisbane, QLD
Occupation	Tennis player

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1977	U.S. Open	Chris Evert	7-6, 6-2
1979	French Open	Chris Evert	6-2, 6-0
1980	Australian Open	Hana Mandlíková	6-0, 7-5

Women's doubles

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
1978	Wimbledon	Kerry Melville Reid	Mima Jausovec Virginia Ruzici	4-6, 9-8, 6-3
1979	French Open	Betty Stove	Virginia Wade Francoise Durr	3-6, 7-5, 6-4
1979	U.S. Open	Betty Stove	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	7-5, 6-3
1982	U.S. Open	Rosemary Casals	Sharon Walsh Barbara Potter	6-4, 6-4

Runner-ups (11)

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

Mixed doubles

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
1979	French Open	Bob Hewitt	Virginia Ruzici Ion Tiriac	6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1980	U.S. Open	Marty Riessen	Betty Stove Frew McMillan	7-5, 6-2
1982	French Open	John Lloyd	Claudia Monteiro Cassio Mota	6-2, 7-6
1983	Wimbledon	John Lloyd	Steve Denton Billie Jean King	6-7, 7-6, 7-5
1984	Wimbledon	John Lloyd	Steve Denton Kathy Jordan	6-3, 6-3

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
1982	Wimbledon	John Lloyd	Kevin Curren Anne Smith	2-6, 6-3, 7-5

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), Sao Paulo (w/Reid)
• 1976 - Swiss Open (w/Nagelsen), West Australian Championships (w/Reid)
• 1975 - Auckland (w/Goolagong)
• 1973 - Bournemouth (w/Coleman)

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.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

External links

• Wendy Turnbull profile on the WTA Tour's official website

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