Robyn Ebbern

Robyn Ebbern (born 2 July 1944) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the 1960s.

Biography

Born in Brisbane, Ebbern and Margaret Smith won the Australian Championships doubles in 1962 and 1963 and the U.S. Championships doubles in 1963. In the same year in the French Championships, they were defeated in the final by Renée Schuurman and Ann Haydon-Jones. In January 1962, she reached the final of the Tasmanian Championships in which she was defeated by Margaret Smith. In July 1963 she won the singles title at the Swiss Championships, played in Gstaad, defeating Lesley Turner in the final in straight sets. In the doubles final, she teamed up with Turner and won against Renée Schuurman and Norma Baylon. In November 1963, she partnered with Smith to win the South Australian doubles title against Turner and Jan Lehane.

In the 1965 Australian Championships mixed doubles, she and Owen Davidson shared the championship with Court and John Newcombe. The final was not played. In 1966, Ebbern and Bill Bowrey were defeated in the final by Judy Tegart and Tony Roche.

According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Ebbern was ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1964.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1962	Australian Championships	Grass	Australia Margaret Smith	United States Darlene Hard Australia Mary Carter Reitano	6–4, 6–4
Win	1963	Australian Championships	Grass	Australia Margaret Smith	Australia Jan Lehane Australia Lesley Turner	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1963	French Championships	Clay	Australia Margaret Smith	South Africa Renée Schuurman United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1963	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Australia Margaret Smith	Brazil Maria Bueno United States Darlene Hard	8–6, 9–7
Win	1963	U.S. Championships	Grass	Australia Margaret Smith	Brazil Maria Bueno United States Darlene Hard	4–6, 10–8, 6–3
Loss	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Australia Margaret Smith	Australia Judy Tegart Australia Lesley Turner	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	United States Billie Jean Moffitt	Australia Margaret Smith Australia Lesley Turner	1–6, 6–2, 6–3

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	Australia Owen Davidson	Australia Margaret Smith Australia John Newcombe	Title shared
Loss	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Australia Bill Bowrey	Australia Judy Tegart Australia Tony Roche	1–6, 3–6