Robin Blakelock

{{Short description|British tennis player}}

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| fullname = Robina Blakelock

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|21|df=yes}}

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| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1963, 1965)

| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1965)

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| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1965)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = SF (1968)

| FrenchOpenMixedresult = 1R (1963)

| WimbledonMixedresult = {{nowrap|3R (1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969)}}

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Robina Blakelock{{cite news |title=May Reach Top Class |work=West Sussex County Times |date=19 September 1958 |page=3}} (born 21 February 1944) is a British former tennis player. Starting in 1963, she competed under her married name, Robin Lloyd, and was remarried in 1970 to Australian player Graham Primrose.{{cite news |title=Primrose named Jax tennis coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/116073698/ |work=The Anniston Star |date=31 January 1971}}

Active in the 1960s, Blakelock grew up in Sussex. She was a British junior champion and as a 19-year old came close to beating Angela Mortimer, holding a match point against her in the 1962 Brighton final.{{cite news |title=Miss Mortimer Survives a Match Point |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=21 May 1962 |page=20}} Her best Wimbledon performances included a singles third round appearance in 1965 and All England Plate runner-up finish in 1966. She was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships with Frances MacLennan.{{cite news |last1=Talbot |first1=David |title=Wimbledon Report |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=6 July 1968}}

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