Noelene Turner is an Australian former tennis player.
Turner, one of six siblings, comes from a tennis playing family. She is the eldest of four sisters which includes Roland Garros winner Lesley Turner.[1] Another sister Patricia was a good junior player. Their mother, competing under her maiden name Tosh, was a New South Wales Hardcourt champion.[2]
In 1963, Turner toured Europe and was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon. She made the singles third round of the 1963 French Championships, along the way beating Australia's seventh ranked player Judy Tegart.[3]
Turner was the 1963 Malayan singles champion.[4]
References
- ^ "Sisters in Semi-finals". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 1957.
- ^ "The tennis-playing Turners". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 27. Australia, Australia. 6 December 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 21 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "England Star In Easy Win". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 May 1963.
- ^ "Aussie Fletcher Tops Tony Roche". Des Moines Tribune. 6 April 1963.