Robyn Ebbern (born 2 July 1944) is an Australian former

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player who was active in the 1960s.

Biography

Born in

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, Ebbern and Margaret Smith won the

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doubles in

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and

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and the U.S. Championships doubles in

. In the same year in the

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, 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

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. 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

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shared the championship with Court and

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. The final was not played. In 1966, Ebbern and

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were defeated in the final by Judy Tegart and

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

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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