Joan Gibson Cottrill is an Australian former

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player of the 1960s. Gibson, a double-handed player, comes from a tennis family, as a niece of Jack Crawford and sister of Neil Gibson. In 1966 she reached the quarter-finals of the

Australian Championships The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

with an upset win over the third-seeded Lesley Turner. She also made the mixed doubles semi-finals that year, partnering future husband

John Cottrill John Arthur Cottrill (born 18 November 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Cottrill, a New South Wales junior hard court champion from Sydney, was a member of Australia's Davis Cup squad for a 1965 tie against Spain. He to ...

. Gibson had a top national ranking of three, behind

Margaret Court Margaret Court (''née'' Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian retired former world No. 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 24 maj ...

and Lesley Turner.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Joan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian female tennis players 20th-century Australian women Place of birth missing (living people)