Joan Gibson Cottrill is an Australian former tennis player of the 1960s.

Gibson, a double-handed player, comes from a tennis family, as a niece of Jack Crawford and sister of Neil Gibson.[1]

In 1966 she reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Championships with an upset win over the third-seeded Lesley Turner. She also made the mixed doubles semi-finals that year, partnering future husband John Cottrill.[2]

Gibson had a top national ranking of three, behind Margaret Court and Lesley Turner.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Newcombe in semi-finals". The Canberra Times. 28 January 1966. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Couple in Comeback". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1970.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Gibson
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