Christine Matison

{{short description|Australian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}

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| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1974, 1976)

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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.{{cite web|last=Clarey |first=Christopher |title=Stevenson, a Semifinalist Last Year, Struggles for Success on Tour : Flash in the Pan or Future Star? |work=International Herald Tribune|date=2000-06-27 |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2000/06/27/tennis.2.t_11.php |accessdate=2008-11-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121020704/http://www.iht.com/articles/2000/06/27/tennis.2.t_11.php |archivedate=21 November 2008 }}

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.