Thelma Coyne Long
Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (14 October 1918 – 13 April 2015) was an Australian tennis player. She was one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. During her career, she won 19 Grand Slam tournament titles. In 2013, she was added into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Coyne Long was born in Sydney, New South Wales. For a short time in the early 1940s during World War II, she was married to Maurice Newton Long.
Coyne Long died on 13 April 2015 in the Sydney suburb of Narrabeen, aged 96.[1][2]
Thelma Coyne Long Media
Thelma Coyne packing for her overseas tour in 1938 as a member of the Australian Women's Tennis Team.
Captain Thelma Long (left) with Lt Benporath, in Victoria, 1944
Thelma Coyne (l) and Nancye Wynne Bolton (r) in Adelaide (1938)
References
- ↑ "Aussie tennis great Thelma Coyne Long dies". SBS. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Thelma LONG Obituary. 15 April 2015. http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=thelma-long&pid=174630648. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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