- Chris O'Neil (tennis)
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Christine O'Neil Country 
AustraliaResidence Australia Born March 19, 1956
Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaTurned pro 1973 Plays Right-handed Singles Career record 19-52 Career titles 1 Highest ranking 80 Grand Slam results Australian Open W (1978) French Open 2R (1976–1979, 1981) Wimbledon 3R (1974) US Open 2R (1974, 1978, 1979) Doubles Career record 64-82 Career titles 1 Last updated on: 7 August 2007. Christine "Chris" O'Neil (born 19 March 1956) is a former professional female tennis player from Australia.[1]
O'Neil is best-remembered for her victory at the 1978 Australian Open, the last Australian female to do so. She also became the first unseeded woman to win the Australian title in the open era.[2] This feat would go unmatched until Serena Williams, unseeded and ranked World No. 81, won the 2007 Australian Open.[3] O'Neil is also only one of a handful of players who have won both the Australian Open Junior (1973) and Senior (1978) Championship title.[2]
As of 2007, Christine - along with her brothers Keith and William - have taken over the Morisset Sports & Tennis Centre located in Newcastle, NSW in Australia. The centre was subsequently renamed the O'Neil School of Tennis.[4][5]
Contents
Grand Slam singles final
Win (1)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1978 Australian Open 
Betsy Nagelsen6–3, 7–6 References
- ^ "Profiles: Chris O'Neil". Tennis Australia. http://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/chris-o%E2%80%99neil. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Australian Open Tennis". State Government of Victoria. http://www.victoria.org.au/australian_open_tennis.htm. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Williams wallops Sharapova for eighth Grand Slam". Associated Press. 27 January 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus07/news/story?id=2744504. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "O'Neil's School of Tennis". O'Neil's School of Tennis. http://www.oneilschooloftennis.com.au/main/page_home.html. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Chris O'Neil". Australian Tennis Professional Coaches Association. http://www.atpca.com.au/chrisoneil.asp. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
External links
- Chris O'Neil (tennis) at the Women's Tennis Association
- Chris O'Neil (tennis) at the International Tennis Federation
Australian Open girls’ singles champions 1969 Lesley Hunt • 1970 Evonne Goolagong • 1971 Pat Coleman • 1972 Pat Coleman • 1973 Chris O’Neil • 1974 Jennifer Walker • 1975 Sue Barker • 1976 Sue Saliba • 1977 (Jan) Pamela Baily • 1977 (Dec) Amanda Tobin • 1978 Elizabeth Little • 1979 Anne Minter • 1980 Anne Minter • 1981 Anne Minter • 1982 Amanda Brown • 1983 Amanda Brown • 1984 Annabel Croft • 1985 Jenny Byrne • 1987 Michelle Jaggard • 1988 Jo-Anne Faull • 1989 Kim Kessaris • 1990 Magdalena Maleeva • 1991 Nicole Pratt • 1992 Joanne Limmer • 1993 Heike Rusch • 1994 Trudi Musgrave • 1995 Siobhan Drake-Brockman • 1996 Magdalena Grzybowska • 1997 Mirjana Lučić • 1998 Jelena Kostanić • 1999 Virginie Razzano • 2000 Anikó Kapros • 2001 Jelena Janković • 2002 Barbora Strýcová • 2003 Barbora Strýcová • 2004 Shahar Pe'er • 2005 Victoria Azarenka • 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2008 Arantxa Rus • 2009 Ksenia Pervak • 2010 Karolína Plíšková • 2011 An-Sophie Mestach
Categories:- Australian female tennis players
- Australian Open (tennis) champions
- Australian Open junior (tennis) champions
- Tennis people from New South Wales
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Sportswomen from Newcastle, New South Wales
- Australian tennis biography stubs
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