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Wendy Turnbull, MBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
, (born 26 November 1952 in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Australia) is a retired 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 from 1977 to 1984. Her highest singles ranking was World No.

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Wendy Turnbull, MBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
, (born 26 November 1952 in Brisbane

Brisbane

Career

Turnbull teamed with Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie, born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia. She is a former Australian tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985....
to win the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
. She 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

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
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

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
.

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

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913....
(ITF) Olympic Committee in 1991, the only player appointed to the committee. She also serves on the ITF's Fed Cup Committee. In December 1993, Turnbull was honored by the city of Brisbane with the dedication of a public park in her honor. She was made a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1984. She was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009.

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1977	U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....	Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....	7–6, 6–2
1979	French Open		6–2, 6–0
1980	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open ....	6–0, 7–5

Women's doubles

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1978	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		Mima Jaušovec Mima Jaušovec is a Yugoslavian female former tennis player. She was born on July 20, 1956, in Maribor, Slovenia .Jau?ovec's only Grand Slam success came in the 1977 French Open singles championship.... Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in C?mpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....	4–6, 9–8, 6–3
1979	French Open	Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles....	Virginia Wade Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles.... Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Fran?oise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a...	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1979	U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....	Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles....	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.... Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	7–5, 6–3
1982	U.S. Open	Rosemary Casals Rosemary Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player. She was born in San Francisco, California, to El Salvador parents.Casals was twice the women's singles runner-up at the US Open , losing to Margaret Court in the 1970 final as she completed a calendar year Grand Slam and losing to Billie Jean King in 1971....	Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh-Pete is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990.... Barbara Potter Barbara Potter Barbara Potter is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, winning six singles titles and eight doubles titles....	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (11)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1978	U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....		Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.... Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	7–6, 6–4
1979	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....	Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles....	Martina Navratilova	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1980	Wimbledon	Rosemary Casals Rosemary Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player. She was born in San Francisco, California, to El Salvador parents.Casals was twice the women's singles runner-up at the US Open , losing to Margaret Court in the 1970 final as she completed a calendar year Grand Slam and losing to Billie Jean King in 1971....	Anne Smith Anne Smith Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981.... Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career....	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1981	U.S. Open		Kathy Jordan	6–3, 6–3
1982	French Open		Anne Smith	6–3, 6–4
1983	Wimbledon		Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....	6–2, 6–2
1983	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs is a former professional tennis player. She represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989 . She was ranked as the top British player for periods during her 12 year career and achieved a best WTA ranking of 33 in singles and 6 in doubles....	Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
1984	U.S. Open		Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–4
1986	Wimbledon	Hana Mandlikova Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open ....	Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–3
1986	U.S. Open		Pam Shriver	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1988	Australian Open	Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....	Pam Shriver	6–0, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1979	French Open	Bob Hewitt Bob Hewitt Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt was a professional male tennis player from Australia. After he married Dalaille, a young woman from Johannesburg, South Africa he became an official South African citizen....	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in C?mpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand.... Ion Tiriac Ion Tiriac Ion Tiriac is a Romanian former tennis player and businessman. He is now one of the wealthiest men in Romania according to the 2005 issue of Capital Top 300 wealthiest men in Romania where he occupies the top spot....	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1980	U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....	Marty Riessen Marty Riessen Marty Riessen played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings ....	Betty Stöve Betty Stöve Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.... Frew McMillan Frew McMillan Frew Donald McMillan was a professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three The Championships, Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt....	7–5, 6–2
1982	French Open		Cassio Mota	6–2, 7–6
1983	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		Steve Denton Steve Denton Steve Denton is a former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University.After becoming an all-American at the University of Texas in 1978, Denton spent nine seasons playing for the ATP Tour.... Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
1984	Wimbledon		Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career....	6–3, 6–3

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1982	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		Kevin Curren Kevin Curren Kevin Melvyn Curren is a former professional tennis player. Tall and lanky with a hard, flat serve, Curren played in two Grand Slam singles finals , and won four Grand Slam doubles titles.... Anne Smith Anne Smith Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981....	2–6, 6–3, 7–5

WTA Tour wins

Singles (13)

1972 - Norwich
1973 - Rothmans Surrey
1976 - Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Tokyo (Japan Open)
Japan Open Tennis Championships

The Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Koto, Tokyo, Japan....
1979 - Detroit, Philadelphia
Advanta Championships Philadelphia

The Advanta Championships Philadelphia was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women played from 1972 through 2005 in Philadelphia, United States....
1980 - Sydney, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Open (tennis)

The Hong Kong Open is a defunct tennis tournament that was held in Hong Kong on the ATP Tour from 1973-2002. It was replaced in 2003 by the Thailand Open ....
1981 - Hong Kong
1982 - Brisbane, Richmond
1983 - Boston

Women's doubles (55)

Grand Slam events in boldface.

1973 - Bournemouth (with Coleman)
1975 - Auckland (with Evonne Goolagong Cawley)
1976 - Swiss Open (with Betsy Nagelsen
Betsy Nagelsen

Betsy Nagelsen McCormack is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Nagelsen won the doubles championship at the 1978 Australian Open and 1980 Australian Opens ....
), West Australian Championships (with Kerry Melville Reid)
1977 - Pensacola (with Nagelsen), São Paulo (with Melville Reid)
1978 - Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
(with Melville Reid), Hollywood (with Rosemary Casals
Rosemary Casals

Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player. She was born in San Francisco, California, to El Salvador parents.Casals was twice the women's singles runner-up at the US Open , losing to Margaret Court in the 1970 final as she completed a calendar year Grand Slam and losing to Billie Jean King in 1971....
), Seattle (with Melville Reid), Philadelphia
Advanta Championships Philadelphia

The Advanta Championships Philadelphia was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women played from 1972 through 2005 in Philadelphia, United States....
(with Melville Reid), U.S. Indoor Championships
US Indoors

The US Indoors, known formally as the U.S. Indoor Championships, was a national tennis championship for women that was sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and held 79 times from 1907 through 2001 at various locations and on various surfaces....
(with Melville Reid), Sydney (with Melville Reid)
1979 - French Open (with Betty Stöve
Betty Stöve

Betty St?ve is a Netherlands former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles....
), US Open (with Stove), Detroit (with Stove), Boston (with Melville Reid), Italian Open
Rome Masters

The Internazionali BNL d'Italia is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. The men's competition is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour....
(with Stove), German Open (with Casals), Chichester (with Greer Stevens
Greer Stevens

Greer Stevens is a former ladies professional tennis player. A native of Pietermaritzburg, Stevens in 1980 reached a career high singles ranking of World No....
), Eastbourne (with Stove), Richmond (with Stove), Atlanta (with Stove), Phoenix (with Stove), Stockholm
Stockholm Open

The If Stockholm Open is a tennis event on the ATP Tour held in Stockholm, Sweden in the end of October or beginning of November each year. The organizer of the tournament is The Royal Lawn Tennis Club of Stockholm....
(with Stove), Melbourne (with Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King is a retired tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....
), Sydney (with King)
1980 - Seattle (with Casals), Boston (with Casals), Hong Kong
Hong Kong Open (tennis)

The Hong Kong Open is a defunct tennis tournament that was held in Hong Kong on the ATP Tour from 1973-2002. It was replaced in 2003 by the Thailand Open ....
(with Sharon Walsh Pete
Sharon Walsh

Sharon Walsh-Pete is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990....
)
1981 - Colgate Series Championships (with Casals), Oakland (with Casals), Detroit (with Casals), Seattle (with Casals), Hilton Head
Family Circle Cup

The Family Circle Cup is a Women's Tennis Association affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina, USA....
(with Casals), Mahwah
WTA New Jersey

The WTA New Jersey was a WTA Tour tennis tournament held in several locations in New Jersey from 1971 until 1989. This tournament was the successor to the long-running Eastern Grass Court Championships....
(with Casals), Tampa (with Casals)
1982 - US Open (with Casals), Seattle (with Casals), Palm Beach Gardens (with Casals), Orlando (with Casals), U.S. Indoor Championships
US Indoors

The US Indoors, known formally as the U.S. Indoor Championships, was a national tennis championship for women that was sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and held 79 times from 1907 through 2001 at various locations and on various surfaces....
(with Casals)
1983 - Brisbane (with Anne Hobbs
Anne Hobbs

Anne Hobbs is a former professional tennis player. She represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989 . She was ranked as the top British player for periods during her 12 year career and achieved a best WTA ranking of 33 in singles and 6 in doubles....
), Sydney (with Hobbs)
1984 - Los Angeles (with Chris Evert
Chris Evert

Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....
)
1985 - Oakland
Bank of the West Classic

The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the Women's Tennis Association held on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, California, United States....
(with Hana Mandlikova
Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open ....
), San Diego
Acura Classic

The Acura Classic was a Women's Tennis Association affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California....
(with Candy Reynolds
Candy Reynolds

Candy Reynolds is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983 ....
), Newport (with Evert), New Orleans (with Evert)
1986 - Virginia Slims Championships (with Mandlikova), Oakland (with Mandlikova), Houston (with Evert)
1987 - Brisbane (with Mandlikova), Tampa (with Evert), Oakland (with Mandlikova)
1989 - Los Angeles (with Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
)

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 Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	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 The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....	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 U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....	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.

Wendy Turnbull

Career

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Runner-ups (3)

Women's doubles

Wins (4)

Runner-ups (11)

Mixed doubles

Wins (5)

Runner-up (1)

WTA Tour wins

Singles (13)

Women's doubles (55)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

See also

Sources

External links