Noelene Turner

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Noelene Turner
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Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1960, 1961)
French Open 3R (1963)
Wimbledon 2R (1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1960, 1961)
French Open 2R (1963)
Wimbledon QF (1963)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open QF (1960)
French Open 2R (1963)
Wimbledon 3R (1963)

Noelene Turner is an Australian former tennis player.

Turner, one of six siblings, comes from a tennis playing family. She is the eldest of four sisters which includes Roland Garros winner Lesley Turner. [1] Another sister Patricia was a good junior player. Their mother, competing under her maiden name Tosh, was a New South Wales Hardcourt champion. [2]

In 1963, Turner toured Europe and was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon. She made the singles third round of the 1963 French Championships, along the way beating Australia's seventh ranked player Judy Tegart. [3]

Turner was the 1963 Malayan singles champion. [4]

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References

  1. "Sisters in Semi-finals". Sydney Morning Herald . 21 March 1957.
  2. "The tennis-playing Turners". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 29, no. 27. Australia, Australia. 6 December 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 21 December 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "England Star In Easy Win". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 May 1963.
  4. "Aussie Fletcher Tops Tony Roche". Des Moines Tribune . 6 April 1963.