Robin Lesh (22 August 1939 – 5 September 2022)[1] was an Australian tennis player.[2]
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | 22 August 1939 |
Died | 5 September 2022 | (aged 83)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1961) |
French Open | 3R (1965) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1965) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1959) |
French Open | 2R (1965) |
Wimbledon | QF (1963, 1965) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1959) |
French Open | 2R (1964, 1965) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1965) |
Lesh, a Melbourne based player, made her first European tour in 1963 and had a win over a young Virginia Wade en route to the final of the Cumberland tournament.[3] A two-time Wimbledon doubles quarter-finalist, she also made the fourth round of the singles in 1965, then lost to Billie Jean Moffitt.[4] Her tournament wins include the singles title at Aix-en-Provence in 1965.[5] She married Geelong Grammar teacher John Bedggood.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Robin Bedggood". The Age. 7 September 2022.
- ^ "'Unknown' In Upset Win". The Canberra Times. 10 April 1963. p. 42 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Virginia again". Kent & Sussex Courier. 19 April 1963.
- ^ "Ralston Rallies". The Los Angeles Times. 29 June 1965.
- ^ "Dans le monde du tennis". Le Soleil (in French). 26 April 1965.
- ^ "Bedggood John Andrew". Geelong Advertiser. mytributes.com.au. 28 March 2020.