Alexis Ann Crooke is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Full name | Alexis Ann Crooke |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1966, 1967, 1968) |
French Open | 1R (1970) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1970) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1969) |
French Open | 2R (1970) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1970) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1970) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1970) |
Crooke, a native of Queensland, won the girls' singles title at the 1967 Australian Championships, under her maiden name Lexie Kenny.[1] She was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1969 Australian Open. In 1970 she competed in the women's singles main draws of both the French Open and Wimbledon. Her husband, Ken Crooke, is a former director of the Queensland National Party.[2]
References
edit- ^ "New No 1 in tennis". The Canberra Times. 17 January 1968. p. 31 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Marquis Who's Who