Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull

Country	Australia
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, USA and Sandgate, Australia
Born	26 November 1952 (1952-11-26) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1975
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US $2,769,024
Singles
Career record	478–250
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 3 (7 January 1985)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1980)
French Open	F (1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1979, 1980, 1981)
US Open	F (1977)
Doubles
Career record	653–225
Career titles	55
Highest ranking	No. 5 (19 January 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1983, 1988)
French Open	W (1979)
Wimbledon	W (1978)
US Open	W (1979, 1982)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1986)
Last updated on: 12 July 2008.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Australia
Women's tennis
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Women's doubles

Wendy Turnbull, MBE, (born 26 November 1952 in Brisbane, Australia) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.

Career

Turnbull turned professional in 1975. Her career high rankings were third in singles and fifth in doubles. 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. She was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her foot speed around the court.

Turnbull was a singles runner-up at the 1977 US Open, the 1979 French Open, and the 1980 Australian Open. She won four women's doubles titles and five mixed doubles titles at Grand Slam events.

She was a 12-time runner-up in Grand Slam doubles events: 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 teamed with Elizabeth Smylie to win the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She is one of very few players to have a winning record against Steffi Graf and leads 2–1 in head-to-head matches.

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.

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.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 finals (0 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1977	US Open	Clay	Chris Evert	7–6(3), 6–2
Runner-up	1979	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	1980	Australian Open	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	6–0, 7–5

Women's doubles: 15 finals (4 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Kerry Melville Reid	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	4–6, 9–8(12–10), 6–3
Runner-up	1978	US Open	Hard	Kerry Melville Reid	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	7–6, 6–4
Winner	1979	French Open	Clay	Betty Stöve	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	1979	US Open	Hard	Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosie Casals	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	1981	US Open	Hard	Rosie Casals	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1982	French Open	Clay	Rosie Casals	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1982	US Open (2)	Hard	Rosie Casals	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1983	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosie Casals	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1983	Australian Open	Grass	Anne Hobbs	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Runner-up	1984	US Open	Hard	Anne Hobbs	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1986	Wimbledon	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1986	US Open	Hard	Hana Mandlíková	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–0, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 6 finals (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1979	French Open	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Virginia Ruzici Ion Ţiriac	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	1980	US Open	Hard	Marty Riessen	Betty Stöve Frew McMillan	7–5, 6–2
Winner	1982	French Open (2)	Clay	John Lloyd	Claudia Monteiro Cassio Motta	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	1982	Wimbledon	Grass	John Lloyd	Anne Smith Kevin Curren	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	1983	Wimbledon	Grass	John Lloyd	Billie Jean King Steve Denton	6–7(5), 7–6(5), 7–5
Winner	1984	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	John Lloyd	Kathy Jordan Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 2 finals (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1980	New York City	Carpet (i)	Rosemary Casals	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	1986	New York City	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3

Titles (68)

Singles (13)

Titles by Surface Hard (3) Clay (1) Grass (4) Carpet (5)

No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	29 April 1972	Norwich, UK	Hard	Lesley Charles	9–7, 6–4
2.	3 June 1973	Surbiton, UK	Grass	Ann Kiyomura	6–2, 6–0
3.	18 July 1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
4.	7 November 1976	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (I)	Michele Gurdal	6–1, 6–1
5.	19 December 1976	Perth, Australia	Grass	Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–4
6.	25 February 1979	Detroit, USA	Carpet (I)	Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 1–6, 7-6(4)
7.	11 March 1979	Philadelphia, USA	Hard (I)	Virginia Wade	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
8.	9 November 1980	Hong Kong	Carpet (I)	Peanut Louie Harper	6–0, 6–2
9.	7 December 1980	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Pam Shriver	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8)
10.	8 November 1981	Hong Kong	Hard	Sabina Simmonds	6–3, 6–4
11.	21 November 1982	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–1
12.	12 December 1982	Richmond, USA	Carpet (I)	Tracy Austin	6–7(3), 6–4, 6–2
13.	20 March 1983	Boston, USA	Carpet (I)	Sylvia Hanika	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (55)

Grand slam events in boldface.

• 1973: Bournemouth (with Patricia Coleman Gregg)
• 1975: Aukland (with Evonne Goolagon Cawley)
• 1976: Gstaad (with Betsy Nagelsen)
• 1977: Pensacola (with Ann Kiyomura)
• 1977: São Paulo (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1978: Hollywood (with Rosie Casals)
• 1978: Seattle (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1978: Philadelphia (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1978: Wimbledon (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1978: Minneapolis (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1978: Sydney (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1979: Detroit (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Boston (with Kerry Melville Reid)
• 1979: Rome (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Berlin (with Rosie Casals)
• 1979: French Open (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Chichester (with Greer Stevens)
• 1979: Eastbourne (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Richmond (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: US Open (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Atlanta (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Phoenix (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Stockholm (with Betty Stöve)
• 1979: Melbourne (with Billie Jean King)
• 1979: Sydney (with Billie Jean King)
• 1980: Seattle (with Rosie Casals)
• 1980: Boston (with Rosie Casals)
• 1980: Hong Kong (with Sharon Walsh)

• 1981: Washington (with Rosie Casals)
• 1981: Detroit (with Rosie Casals)
• 1981: Oakland (with Rosie Casals)
• 1981: Seattle (with Rosie Casals)
• 1981: Hilton Head (with Rosie Casals)
• 1981: Mahwah (with Rosie Casals)
• 1981: Tampa (with Rosie Casals)
• 1982: Seattle (with Rosie Casals)
• 1982: Palm Beach Gardens (with Rosie Casals)
• 1982: Orlando (with Rosie Casals)
• 1982: US Open (with Rosie Casals)
• 1982: Philadelphia (with Rosie Casals)
• 1983: Brisbane (with Anne Hobbs)
• 1983: Sydney (with Anne Hobbs)
• 1984: Los Angeles (with Chris Evert)
• 1985: Oakland (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1985: San Diego (with Candy Reynolds)
• 1985: Newport (with Chris Evert)
• 1985: New Orleans (with Chris Evert)
• 1985: Sydney (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1986: Oakland (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1986: Virginia Slims Championships (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1986: Houston (with Chris Evert)
• 1987: Brisbane (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1987: San Francisco (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1987: Tampa (with Chris Evert)
• 1989: Manhattan Beach (with Martina Navratilova)

Singles runner-ups (21)

Grand slam events in boldface.

• 1972: Felixstowe (lost to Patricia Coleman)
• 1977: US Open (lost to Chris Evert)
• 1977: Phoenix (lost to Billie Jean King)
• 1977: Melbourne (lost to Evonne Goolagong Cawley)
• 1978: Hollywood (lost to Evonne Goolagong Cawley)
• 1978: Sydney (lost to Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat)
• 1979: French Open (lost to Chris Evert)
• 1979: Atlanta (lost to Martina Navratilova)
• 1979: Melbourne (lost to Hana Mandlíková)
• 1980: Eastbourne (lost to Tracy Austin)
• 1980: San Diego (lost to Tracy Austin)

• 1980: Atlanta (lost to Hana Mandlíková)
• 1980: Phoenix (lost to Regina Maršíková)
• 1980: Australian Open (lost to Hana Mandlíková)
• 1982: Chicago (lost to Martina Navratilova)
• 1982: Boston (lost to Kathy Jordan)
• 1982: Orlando (lost to Martina Navratlova)
• 1983: Eastbourne (lost to Martina Navratilova)
• 1983: Brisbane (lost to Pam Shriver)
• 1984: Los Angeles (lost to Chris Evert)
• 1985: San Diego (lost to Annabel Croft)

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 at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wendy Turnbull at the International Tennis Federation
• Wendy Turnbull at the Fed Cup