Annette Gulley

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Annette Gulley
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Born (1964-02-27) 27 February 1964 (age 60)
Sydney, Australia
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1983, 1985)
French Open 1R (1985)
Wimbledon 1R (1981)

Annette "Dolly" Gulley (born 27 February 1964) is an Australian tennis player who won the Swedish Open in 1984.

Gulley was born in Sydney, [1] and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport. [2] [3]

Playing career

Gulley was Australian CBA Champion in her age group from 1976 to 1979 and New South Wales Under-18 Champion in 1980. [4] In 1982, as a junior, she and compatriot Kim Staunton won the Australian Open girls' doubles. [5]

She won the women's Swedish Open in 1984, defeating Carin Anderholm. [6]

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References

  1. "Players: Annette GULLEY". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. Warden, Ian (18 October 1982). "Classy Minter 'flawless' in winning Berri tournament". The Canberra Times . p. 22.
  3. "Institute players among top rankings on national list". The Canberra Times. 14 March 1985. p. 24.
  4. "AIS students top the seedings for resident titles". The Canberra Times. 13 May 1981. p. 39.
  5. "List of Australian Open champions". PTV Sports. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. "Tennis: Australia downs US in Federation Cup tournament". The Canberra Times. AFP. 23 July 1984. p. 18.