Thelma Coyne Long

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Thelma Coyne (1932)

Thelma Dorothy Long (born October 14, 1918 as Thelma Coyne in Sydney , † April 13, 2015 in Narrabeen , New South Wales ) was an Australian tennis player .

Career

Her first title at the Australian tennis championships, the forerunners of the Australian Open , Coyne won in 1936 with her long-time doubles partner Nancye Wynne Bolton . In 1952 and 1954 she won, already as Coyne Long, the title in the women's singles of the Australian championships; also in 1940, 1951, 1955 and 1956 she was there in the individual finals. In total, she secured 19 Grand Slam titles, including twelve in doubles and four in mixed at the Australian championships. She also won the French Championships in 1956 in doubles and in 1953 at the Cincinnati Masters in singles and doubles.

From 1960 Coyne Long coached young players in New South Wales . In 1971 she joined Lorraine Coghlan Robinson again at the Wimbledon Championships in doubles, but was eliminated in the first round.

In 1941 Coyne married Maurice Newton Long in Melbourne ; in May of the same year she became a driver for the Red Cross and in 1942 a member of the Australian Army .

In 2013 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

Web links

Commons : Thelma Coyne Long  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thelma Coyne Long, Australian Tennis Champion, Dies at 96. In: The New York Times. April 16, 2015, accessed November 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Coyne Long, Thelma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long, Thelma Dorothy; Coyne, Thelma (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , Australia
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2015
Place of death Narrabeen , New South Wales