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Australia · born Bathurst, New South Wales, 1960 · Australian junior champion December 1977
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Australian junior singles finals in 1977
6-1, 6-2
Her December 1977 junior final against Leanne Harrison
No. 2
Highest world junior ranking
No. 58
Highest senior singles ranking
Born in Bathurst in 1960 and raised in the Illawarra, Tobin was ranked No. 1 in Australia in every junior age group and reached No. 2 in the world junior rankings. In 1977, when the Australian Open was played twice, she lost the January girls' final, won the December title and took both doubles titles with Keryn Pratt; late that year she was runner-up at the World Junior Championships in Stockholm. She spent about a decade on the WTA Tour, reached No. 58 in singles, made the third round at the US Open in 1978, Wimbledon in 1979 and the Australian Open in 1985, and won the Western Australian Open singles five times. She later played as Amanda Tobin-Evans and Amanda Tobin-Dingwall, is now Amanda Chaplin, and has coached since the 1990s.
| Major singles titles | 1: Australian (1977) |
|---|---|
| Major singles finals lost | 1: Australian (1977) |
| Major doubles titles | 2: Australian (1977, 1977) |
| Australian junior finals, 1977 | January: lost to Pamela Bailey 2-6, 3-6. December: beat Leanne Harrison 6-1, 6-2. Both doubles titles with Keryn Pratt |
| Australian Open doubles | Quarter-finals in December 1977 with Keryn Pratt and 1978 with Leanne Harrison |
| Wimbledon | Singles third round 1979, lost to Debbie Jevans 6-3, 5-7, 2-6. First round 1986, lost to Martina Navratilova 3-6, 2-6. Plate singles runner-up 1983. Mixed doubles 1983 with Greg Dingwall |
"She had a great career on the tennis courts and when I come to Wollongong a lot of people remind me of that."
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Kooyong 1977
The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and in December. Tobin reached both girls' singles finals. In January she lost to Pamela Bailey 6-2, 6-3; in December she beat Leanne Harrison 6-1, 6-2. With Keryn Pratt she won the girls' doubles at both events.
Source: ITFWimbledon 1979
Tobin reached the third round of Wimbledon in 1979 and won the first set against the British wildcard Debbie Jevans 6-3. Jevans took the next two 7-5, 6-2 and went on to meet Virginia Wade. It was Tobin's best Wimbledon singles result.
Source: WikipediaMelbourne 1981 and Wimbledon 1986
Twice at the majors she drew Martina Navratilova, and both times Navratilova went on to win the event. As a qualifier at the 1981 Australian Open she lost 6-0, 6-1 in the second round; at Wimbledon in 1986, now playing as Tobin-Dingwall, she lost 6-3, 6-2 in the first round.
Source: WikipediaAustralian Indoor, 1985
Playing as Amanda Tobin-Evans, she beat Evonne Goolagong 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Indoor championships. It was the last match of Goolagong's career, which made Tobin the last player to beat the former world No. 1 on tour.
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