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Lorna Cornell

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British tennis player

Lorna Cornell
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1933-01-03)3 January 1933 (age 92)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1965)
Wimbledon4R (1951,1963)
US Open2R (1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open3R (1962,1965)
Wimbledon3R (1954,1965)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1963)
Wimbledon4R (1952,1955)

Lorna Cornell (born 3 January 1933) is a British formertennis player.

Cornell is the daughter of athleteMuriel Gunn-Cornell, who was aworld record holder for long jump.[1]

Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Cornell won theWimbledon junior singles title twice and made regular appearances at the tournaments for two decades.[2] She won theSt.George's Hill Open singles title in 1961 and 1964.

Cornell married Australian tennis coachPeter Cawthorn in 1953 but towards the end of her career had remarried and was competing as Lorna Greville-Collins.[2]

Other than tennis, Cornell also excelled in long jump as a junior and was named on the list of "possibles" to represent Great Britain at the1948 Summer Olympics.[3]

References

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  1. ^"2014 Hall of Fame Inductees".englandathletics.org.
  2. ^ab"Weds His Pupil".The Barrier Miner. 20 February 1953. p. 2 – viaNational Library of Australia.
  3. ^"Britain's Girl Olympics".The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 1947. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.

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