Wendy Turnbull is an Australian former tennis player, born on 26 November 1952, who turned professional in 1975 and during her career won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She was a singles runner up at the 1977 US Open, the 1979 French Open and the 1980 Australian Open, reached career high rankings of third in singles and fifth in doubles, and won 11 singles titles and 55 doubles titles. With Elizabeth Smylie she won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was a member of the Australian Fed Cup team from 1977 to 1988 and its captain or coach from 1985 to 1993, and entered the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009.
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