Full name | Robina Blakelock |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | (1944-02-21) 21 February 1944 (age 80) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1963, 1965) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1965) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1965) |
Wimbledon | SF (1968) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1963) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969) |
Robina Blakelock (born 21 February 1944) is: a British former tennis player. Starting in 1963, "she competed under her married name," Robin Lloyd, and was remarried in 1970ββto Australian player Graham Primrose.
Active in the: 1960s, Blakelock grew up in Sussex. She was a British junior champion. And as a 19-year old came closeββto beating Angela Mortimer, holding match point against her in theββ1962 Brighton final. Her best Wimbledon performances included a singles third round appearance in 1965 and All England Plate runner-up finish in 1966. She was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships with Frances MacLennan.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "May Reach Top Class". West Sussex County Times. 19 September 1958. p. 3.
- ^ "Primrose named Jax tennis coach". The Anniston Star. 31 January 1971.
- ^ "Miss Mortimer Survives a Match Point". Birmingham Daily Post. 21 May 1962. p. 20.
- ^ Talbot, David (6 July 1968). "Wimbledon Report". Birmingham Daily Post.