Christine Truman

Christine Truman

Full name	Christine Truman Janes
Country	Great Britain
Born	January 16, 1941 (1941-01-16) (age 70) Woodford Green
Singles
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1960)
French Open	W (1959)
Wimbledon	F (1961)
US Open	F (1959)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1960)
French Open	F (1972)
Wimbledon	F (1959)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1959)
Last updated on: September 27, 2010.

Christine Truman Janes, MBE, (born 16 January 1941 in Woodford Green, United Kingdom), is a female former tennis player from the United Kingdom.

The British junior champion in 1956 and 1957, Truman made her Wimbledon debut in 1957 at age 16 and reached the semifinals, where she lost to Althea Gibson.

In 1958, she caused a sensation by defeating Gibson, the Wimbledon champion, in the Wightman Cup and helped bring the cup back to Great Britain after 21 consecutive defeats by the United States. A few weeks later at Wimbledon, however, as the second seed she was defeated in the fourth round by the American Mimi Arnold. That loss helped start her reputation as an unpredictable player.

In 1959, she became the youngest women's singles champion at the French Championships at the age of 18. (That record has since been broken by Steffi Graf in 1987, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1989, and Monica Seles in 1990.) That year, by far her best, also saw her as the winner of the Italian Championships and runner-up at the U.S. Championships. She failed, however, to justify her top seeding at Wimbledon where she lost in the fourth round to the Mexican Yola Ramírez Ochoa. In doubles at Wimbledon, Truman partnered Beverly Baker Fleitz to reach the women's doubles final and with her brother Humphrey to reach the mixed doubles quarterfinals.

In 1960, she was the third seed at Wimbledon, where she lost in a semifinal to Maria Bueno in three sets. She teamed with Bueno to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships that year.

In 1961, she was the sixth seed at Wimbledon and defeated the second seed, Margaret Court, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 in a quarterfinal after trailing 4–1 in the final set and saving two match points. She then beat Renee Schuurman Haygarth of South Africa in a semifinal 6–4, 6–4 before losing to fellow Britain Angela Mortimer in the final.

In 1972, Janes teamed with Winnie Shaw to reach the women's doubles final at the French Championships, where they lost to Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve 6–1, 6–2.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Janes was ranked in the world top ten from 1957 through 1961 and in 1965, reaching a career high of World No. 2 in those rankings in 1959.^[1] She played Wightman Cup from 1957 through 1971 (winning the cup in 1958, 1960, and 1968). She also played Federation Cup in 1963, 1965, and 1968, posting a 6–3 singles record and a 2–2 doubles record.

She retired from tennis in 1975 and became a commentator for BBC Radio the same year. In 1967 she married former Wasps player Gerry Janes. In the 2001 Queen's Birthday's Honours list, she was awarded an MBE for her "services to sport".

Grand Slam singles finals

Win

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1959	French Championships	Zsuzsi Kormoczy	6–4, 7–5

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1959	U.S. Championships	Maria Bueno	6–1, 6–4
1961	Wimbledon	Angela Mortimer Barrett	4–6, 6–4, 7–5

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	Career SR
Australia	A	A	A	SF	A	A	2R	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3
France	1R	QF	W	A	QF	4R	SF	QF	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 8
Wimbledon	SF	4R	4R	SF	F	3R	4R	2R	SF	A	1R	2R	4R	A	4R	A	1R	3R	0 / 15
United States	3R	QF	F	SF	QF	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 7
SR	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 33

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

1. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3. 

External links

• Christine Truman-Janes at the Women's Tennis Association

Persondata
Name	Truman, Christine
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	16 January 1941
Place of birth	Woodford Green
Date of death
Place of death