Jill Emmerson Explained

Jill Emmerson
Fullname:Jill Alison Emmerson
Birth Date:24 July 1942
Death Date:25th June 2023
Death Place:Port Macquarie
Plays:Right-handed
Australianopenresult:QF (1964)
Frenchopenresult:QF (1963)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1965)
Australianopendoublesresult:F (1971)
Frenchopendoublesresult:F (1966)
Wimbledondoublesresult: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)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1966 Clay 6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss1971Australian OpenGrass Lesley Hunt Margaret Court
Evonne Goolagong
0–6, 0–6

See also

Notes and References

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