Lorraine Coghlan

Lorraine Coghlan
Full nameLorraine Coghlan Robinson
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceVictoria, Australia
Born (1937-09-23) 23 September 1937 (age 87)
Victoria, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1958)
French Open4R (1958)
Wimbledon4R (1958)
US Open2R (1958)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1958, 1959, 1960, 1967)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1958)
WimbledonW (1958)

Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (née Coghlan; born 23 September 1937) is a former tennis player from the state of Victoria in Australia. In 1956, she won the Australian Championships Girls' Singles title.[1] Coghlan teamed with Bob Howe to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1958.[2][3] Coghlan and Howe were also the runners-up in mixed doubles at the 1958 French Championships.

At the Australian Championships, Coghlan was the singles runner-up in 1958, losing to Angela Mortimer 6–3, 6–4, and was a runner-up in women's doubles in 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1967.[4]

Coghlan married John Robinson on 19 December 1959.

  1. ^ "Girls Singles". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Althea Gibson Wins Again Wimbledon Title". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. 6 July 1958. p. 23. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "History – Rolls of Honour – Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2008". wimledon.org. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Tennis: Australian Open: Women: Doubles". Sports123.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.