Robyn Ebbern

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Robyn Ebbern (born 2 July 1944) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the 1960s.

Biography

Born in Brisbane, Ebbern and Margaret Smith won the Australian Championships doubles in 1962 and 1963 and the U.S. Championships doubles in 1963. In the same year in the French Championships, they were defeated in the final by Renée Schuurman and Ann Haydon-Jones. In January 1962, she reached the final of the Tasmanian Championships in which she was defeated by Margaret Smith.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104921492 |title=Laver Wins Tas. Title |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=30 January 1962 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}} In July 1963 she won the singles title at the Swiss Championships, played in Gstaad, defeating Lesley Turner in the final in straight sets.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109899005 |title=Ebbern Wins. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=22 July 1963 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} In the doubles final, she teamed up with Turner and won against Renée Schuurman and Norma Baylon.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109899166 |title=Shock Defeat of Emerson. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=23 July 1963 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}} In November 1963, she partnered with Smith to win the South Australian doubles title against Turner and Jan Lehane.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104288746 |title=Australians Take Tennis Title. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=23 November 1963 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}

In the 1965 Australian Championships mixed doubles, she and Owen Davidson shared the championship with Court and John Newcombe. The final was not played. In 1966, Ebbern and Bill Bowrey were defeated in the final by Judy Tegart and Tony Roche.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Ebbern was ranked World No. 9 at year-end in 1964.{{cite book |author=Collins, Bud |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York, N.Y |year=2008 |pages=695, 703 |isbn=0-942257-41-3 }}

Grand Slam tournaments

=Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)=

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style="background:#ffc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1962	Australian Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith	{{flagicon\|USA}} Darlene Hard {{flagicon\|AUS}} Mary Carter Reitano	6–4, 6–4
style="background:#ffc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1963	Australian Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jan Lehane {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lesley Turner	6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ebc2af;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1963	French Championships	Clay	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Renée Schuurman {{flagicon\|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones	7–5, 6–4
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1963	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1960}} Maria Bueno {{flagicon\|USA}} Darlene Hard	8–6, 9–7
style="background:#ccf;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1963	U.S. Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1960}} Maria Bueno {{flagicon\|USA}} Darlene Hard	4–6, 10–8, 6–3
style="background:#ffc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Judy Tegart {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lesley Turner	6–4, 6–4
style="background:#ffc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|USA}} Billie Jean Moffitt	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Smith {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lesley Turner	1–6, 6–2, 6–3