Ellinore Lightbody

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Ellinore Lightbody
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Born (1959-02-16) 16 February 1959 (age 64)
Greenock, Scotland [1]
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q1 (1982, 1983)
Wimbledon 2R (1982)
US Open Q2 (1982)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1983)

Ellinore Lightbody (born 16 February 1959) is a British tennis coach and former professional player.

Scottish-born, Lightbody is the daughter of Wales tennis executive Jim Lightbody and grew up in Swansea. [2]

Lightbody featured in the singles main draw of the 1982 Wimbledon Championships and later coached in Hong Kong, where she made Federation Cup appearances for the British territory in 1990 and 1991.

As a coach in the United Kingdom she has previously served as the national coaches of both Wales and Scotland. [3]

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References

  1. Fisher, Stewart (6 July 2015). "Ellinore Lightbody on why Scotland needs a national tennis coach". The Herald .
  2. "Tennis Wales net top coach Lightbody". WalesOnline . 19 January 2011.
  3. "Lightbody looks ahead to the next generation New coach believes national centre can help take game to greater heights. Rob Robertson reports". The Herald. 22 January 2005.