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.
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 1966 | Clay | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 | ||||
Loss | 1971 | Australian Open | Grass | Lesley Hunt | Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong | 0–6, 0–6 |