Glynis Coles
British tennis player

Glynis Coles

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20 February 1954(London)
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Glynis Coles (born 20 February 1954), also known by her married name Glynis Coles-Bond, is a retired English professional tennis player and former British number 2.

Career

Coles played professionally between 1970 and 1988, playing both singles and doubles. Her best singles results in a Grand Slam tournament were at Wimbledon, where she advanced to the round of 16 in 1973 and 1975, losing both times to Margaret Court. As a doubles player, she reached the quarterfinals of many Grand Slam contests, most notably in 1975, when she and Sue Barker made the quarterfinals of all of the Grand Slam events in the same year. Coles won the women's singles title at the Swedish Open in 1973, and she and Barker won the women's doubles title there in 1974.

She made nine appearances for the British Fed Cup squad in 1974, 1975, and 1980.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.

Singles

Tournament 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 W–L SR
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R* A 1R A (Jan)
A		 (Dec)
A		 A 1–2 0 / 2
French Open A 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R A 1R A 3–10 0 / 10
Wimbledon 1R 1R 4R* 2R* 4R* 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R Q1 Q1 A 1R Q1 7–13 0 / 13
US Open A 1R A 1R 3R* 2R 2R Q2 1R 3R 1R A 5–8 0 / 8
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 3–4 1–2 2–4 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–3 5–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 16–33 0 / 33
Year-End Ranking N/A 39 66 62 92 67 122 57 139 183 285 Unranked
  • " * " - The player received a Bye in the first round.

Doubles

Tournament 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984-
1990		 1991 W–L SR
Australian Open A QF* A QF* A (Jan)
A		 (Dec)
A		 A A A A A A A A 2–2 0 / 2
French Open A A 1R QF* QF* 1R 1R A 1R QF 1R A A A 5–8 0 / 8
Wimbledon 1R 2R 2R* QF* 2R* 1R QF1 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 A Q1 5–11 0 / 11
US Open A 2R A QF^ 3R* 1R A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 3–7 0 / 7
Win–Loss 2–2 6–3 4–4 1–2 3–2 3–2 6–2 7–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–3 33–25 0 / 26
  • 1 - The player received a walkover in the third round. Match win not counted in win-loss ratios.
  • " * " - The player received a Bye in the first round.
  • " ^ " - The player lost via walkover. Match loss not counted in win-loss ratios.

Mixed

Tournament 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 W–L SR
Australian Open A 0–0 0 / 0
French Open A 1R A 1R 0–2 0 / 2
Wimbledon 3R* 2R* 3R A 3–3 0 / 3
US Open A 0–0 0 / 0
Win–Loss 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–5 0 / 5
  • " * " - The player received a Bye in the first round.

Fed Cup