Thelma Coyne Long

Thelma Coyne Long
Long in 1932
Full nameThelma Dorothy Coyne Long
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1918-10-14)14 October 1918
Sydney, Australia
Died13 April 2015(2015-04-13) (aged 96)
Sydney, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Int. Tennis HoF2013 (member page)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1952, Lance Tingay)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1952, 1954)
French OpenQF (1951)
WimbledonQF (1952)
US OpenQF (1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958)
French OpenF (1958)
WimbledonF (1957)
US OpenSF (1958)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1951, 1952, 1954, 1955)
French OpenW (1956)
WimbledonF (1952)
US OpenF (1938, 1952)

Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (née Coyne; 14 October 1918 – 13 April 2015) was an Australian tennis player and one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. During her career, she won 19 Grand Slam tournament titles. In 2013, Long was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference collins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Thelma Coyne Long inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame". ITF Tennis. 26 January 2013.

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