Jill Emmerson

Jill Emmerson

Full name	Jill Alison Emmerson
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1942-07-24) 24 July 1942 (age 82)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1964)
French Open	QF (1963)
Wimbledon	3R (1965)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1971)
French Open	F (1966)
Wimbledon	QF (1965)

Jill Alison Emmerson (born 24 July 1942) is an Australian former tennis player from Sydney. ^[1] She competed under her maiden name Jill Blackman until the late 1960s. ^[2]

Emmerson was a singles quarterfinalist at the 1963 French Championships and 1964 Australian Championships. In 1966, she and Fay Toyne made the women's doubles final of the French Championships, which they lost in three sets to Margaret Smith and Judy Tegart. ^[3] She made another grand slam doubles final in 1971 at the Australian Open, where she and partner Lesley Hunt were beaten by Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1966	French Championships	Clay	Fay Toyne	Margaret Smith Judy Tegart	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	1971	Australian Open	Grass	Lesley Hunt	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	0–6, 0–6

See also

• List of Australian Open women's doubles finals
• List of French Open women's doubles finals

References

1. "Tennis Star". The Cumberland Argus . New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1961. p. 15. Retrieved 31 December 2021– via National Library of Australia.
2. "ACT win in tennis". The Canberra Times . 9 September 1968. p. 14. Retrieved 31 December 2021– via National Library of Australia.
3. "Roche may not play in final". The Canberra Times. 6 June 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 31 December 2021– via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Jill Emmerson at the Women's Tennis Association