| Chris O'Neil | |
| Residence: | Australia |
| Birth Date: | 1956 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Turnedpro: | 1973 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Singlesrecord: | 19–52 |
| Singlestitles: | 1 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 80 (1978)[1] |
| Australianopenresult: | W (1978) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1981) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1974) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1978, 1979) |
| Doublesrecord: | 64–82 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (1976, 1978) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | QF (1978) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | QF (1976) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | QF (1978) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 2R (1976, 1977) |
| Usopenmixedresult: | 2R (1978) |
Christine O'Neil (born 19 March 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player.[2]
O'Neil is best known for her singles victory at the 1978 Australian Open, and was the last Australian to win the title until Ashleigh Barty in 2022.[3] She also became the first unseeded woman to win the title in the Open era.[4] [5] O'Neil is also one of the few players who have won both the Australian Open junior (1973) and senior (1978) titles.
In 2007, along with her brothers Keith and William, O'Neil took over the Morisset Sports & Tennis Centre located in Newcastle, New South Wales. The centre was subsequently renamed the O'Neil School of Tennis. She then moved on to operate O'Neil's School of Tennis in Cessnock, New South Wales. She has since moved to Port Macquarie and currently coaches.[6] [7]
| Tournament | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | bgcolor=lime | W | A | A | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | 1 / 7 |
| align=left bgcolor=#efefef | French Open | A | Q1 | A | 1R | bgcolor=afeeee colspan=2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | |
| align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | Q3 | bgcolor=afeeee colspan=2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | |
| align=left bgcolor=#efefef | US Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | Q3 | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Strike rate | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | |||