Christine Newton (born 13 February 1956) is a New Zealand former professional
tennis
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player.
While competing on tour in the 1970s and 1980s, Newton featured in the main draws of four grand slam tournaments, which included a doubles semi-final appearances at the
1979 Australian Open
The 1979 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia and was held from 24 December 1979 through 2 January 1980. It was the 68th edition of the Austra ...
(with
Jenny Walker
Jennifer Walker (born 9 April 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was the 1974 Australian Open junior champion.
Walker's best results in grand slam tennis came in doubles, with a quarter-final appearance at the 1976 Wim ...
). She played in the singles second round of the
1976 Wimbledon Championships
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, losing to
Mona Guerrant
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Guerrant was the winner of four singles titles in Portland, South Florida, and in Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand. ...
.
Newton won a doubles title at the
Auckland Open in 1978 and was the singles runner-up in 1981.
From 1975 to 1981 she competed in
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ties for New Zealand, playing in a total of 19 rubbers.
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1956 births
Living people
New Zealand female tennis players
20th-century New Zealand women