Chris O'Neil

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Chris O'Neil Tennis player
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: March 19, 1956
1st professional season: 1974
Resignation: 1985
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 56,291
singles
Career record: 19:52
Career title: 1
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open S (1978)
French Open 2R (1976-1979, 1982)
Wimbledon 3R (1974)
US Open 2R (1974, 1978, 1979)
Double
Career record: 64:82
Career title: 1
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open HF (1976, 1978)
French Open VF (1978)
Wimbledon VF (1976)
US Open VF (1978)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Christine "Chris" O'Neil (born March 19, 1956 in Newcastle , New South Wales ) is a former Australian tennis player.

Career

In 1978 she won the women's singles at the Australian Open as number 112 in the world rankings and as the first unseeded and so far last Australian player . It should remain her only title in professional tennis. She reached her best world ranking position in singles with 80th place in the same year. In 1985 she was in the quarterfinals in women's doubles with Pam Whytcross . Today she runs the O'Neils School of Tennis with her brother William O'Neil.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. January 1978 AustraliaAustralia Australian Open Grand Slam race United StatesUnited States Betsy Nagelsen 6: 3, 7: 6

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. February 1982 United StatesUnited States Nashville WTA Avon Championships Circuit Carpet (hall) SwedenSweden Mimi Wikstedt United StatesUnited States Sheila McInerney Jane Preyer
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 7: 6 3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profiles: Chris O'Neil. Tennis Australia, accessed February 28, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME O'Neil, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Neil, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle (Australia) , New South Wales , Australia