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Jan Lehane
Australian tennis player

Jan Lehane

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Australian tennis player
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Grenfell
Age
82 years
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Biography

Jan Lehane O'Neill (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player.
At the Australian Championships, O'Neill reached the singles final four consecutive years (1960–1963) but lost to Margaret Court each time. O'Neill had a similar experience in women's doubles, reaching the final twice (in 1961 with Mary Bevis Hawton and 1963 with Lesley Turner Bowrey) but losing each time to a team that included Court (with Mary Carter Reitano in 1961 and Robyn Ebbern in 1963). O'Neill, had more success in the mixed doubles, twice winning the title (in 1960 with Trevor Fancutt and 1961 with Bob Hewitt). However, Mike Sangster and O'Neill lost the 1964 mixed doubles final to Court and Ken Fletcher.
According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, O'Neill was ranked in the world top ten in 1960, 1963, and 1964, reaching a career high of World No. 7 in those rankings in 1963.
She married James John O'Neill on 19 February 1966.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (4 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1960Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret Smith5–7, 2–6
Runner-up1961Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret Smith1–6, 4–6
Runner-up1962Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret Smith0–6, 2–6
Runner-up1963Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret Smith2–6, 2–6

Doubles: (3 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up1961Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Mary HawtonAustralia Mary Carter Reitano
Australia Margaret Smith
4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up1961WimbledonGrassAustralia Margaret SmithUnited States Karen Hantze Susman
United States Billie Jean King
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up1963Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Lesley Turner BowreyAustralia Robyn Ebbern
Australia Margaret Smith
1–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles (2 titles)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Winner1960Australian ChampionshipsGrassSouth Africa Trevor FancuttUnited Kingdom Christine Truman
Australia Martin Mulligan
6–2, 7–5
Winner1961Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Bob HewittAustralia Mary Carter Reitano
Australia John Pearce
9–7, 6–2

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament19581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977Career SR
Australia1RSFFFFFSFA2R3RAA3RQFAA2RAA2R / A0 / 13
FranceAAQF4RQFQFQFAA3RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 6
WimbledonAA4R3RQF3RAAA4RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 5
United StatesAAQFQF3RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 3
SR0 / 10 / 10 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 00 / 10 / 30 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 27

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. O'Neill participated only in the January edition.

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