Odile de Roubin (born 28 September 1948) is a former professional

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player from France.

Biography

As a junior, de Roubin won the girls' singles title at the 1966 French Championships. During the 1970s she competed on the professional tour, making regular appearances at the

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and

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. Her best performance came at the

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, where she won her way through to the quarter-finals, beating third seed

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en route. She also toppled the third seed at the 1975 French Open, American player

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. She represented France in three editions of the

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, in 1970, 1973 and 1974, for a total of 11 ties.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:de Roubin, Odile 1948 births Living people French female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis French Championships junior (tennis) champions Universiade bronze medalists for France Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade

Biography

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