Country (sports) Great Britain Australian Open 2R (1973) Height 1.73 m Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF Role Tennis Player | Career record 33–87 Name Glynis Coles Plays Right-handed Handed Right-handed | |
Born 20 February 1954 (age 70) London, England ( 1954-02-20 ) | ||
French Open 1R (1974, 1976, 1981) | ||
Glynis Coles (born 20 February 1954), also known by her married name Glynis Coles-Bond, is a retired English professional tennis player and former British number 2.
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Career
Coles played professionally between 1970 and 1988, playing both singles and doubles. Her best singles results in a Grand Slam tournament were at Wimbledon, where she advanced to the round of 16 in 1973 and 1975, losing both times to Margaret Court. As a doubles player, she reached the quarterfinals of many Grand Slam contests, most notably in 1975, when she and Sue Barker made the quarterfinals of all of the Grand Slam events in the same year. Coles won the women's singles title at the Swedish Open in 1973, and she and Barker won the women's doubles title there in 1974.
She made nine appearances for the British Fed Cup squad in 1974, 1975, and 1980.