Christine Matison | |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1951 |
Singlesrecord: | - |
Australianopenresult: | SF (1978) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1974, 1976) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1974, 1977) |
Doublesrecord: | - |
Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (1977, 1978) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | QF (1977) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1977) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 3R (1977) |
Christine Matison (born 29 October 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached the semi-finals of the 1978 Australian Open as a qualifier.
Matison was the first woman qualifier to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament. The next woman qualifier to do so was Alexandra Stevenson in the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.[1]
In 1975, Matison won the doubles of the Western Australian Championships in Perth partnering Lesley Turner Bowrey, beating Sue Barker and Michelle Tyler-Wilson in the final. In 1983, she won the singles titles at the final edition of the Western Australian Hard Court Open Championships in Wongan Hills.