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{{short description|Australian tennis player}}
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'''Robyn Ebbern''' (born 2 July 1944) is an Australian former [[tennis]] player who was active in the 1960s.

==Biography==
Born in [[Brisbane]], Ebbern and [[Margaret Court|Margaret Smith]] won the [[Australian Championships]] doubles in [[1962 Australian Championships (tennis)|1962]] and [[1963 Australian Championships (tennis)|1963]] and the [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] doubles in [[1963 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1963]]. In the same year in the [[French Open|French Championships]], they were defeated in the final by [[Renée Schuurman]] and [[Ann Haydon-Jones]]. In January 1962, she reached the final of the Tasmanian Championships in which she was defeated by [[Margaret Court|Margaret Smith]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104921492 |title=Laver Wins Tas. Title |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=30 January 1962 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In July 1963 she won the singles title at the Swiss Championships, played in Gstaad, defeating [[Lesley Turner Bowrey|Lesley Turner]] in the final in straight sets.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109899005 |title=Ebbern Wins. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=22 July 1963 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In the doubles final, she teamed up with Turner and won against [[Renée Schuurman]] and [[Norma Baylon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109899166 |title=Shock Defeat of Emerson. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=23 July 1963  |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In November 1963, she partnered with Smith to win the South Australian doubles title against Turner and [[Jan Lehane]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104288746 |title=Australians Take Tennis Title. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=23 November 1963 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In the [[1965 Australian Championships (tennis)|1965 Australian Championships]] mixed doubles, she and [[Owen Davidson]] shared the championship with Court and [[John Newcombe]]. The final was not played. In 1966, Ebbern and [[Bill Bowrey]] were defeated in the final by [[Judy Tegart]] and [[Tony Roche]].

According to [[Lance Tingay]] of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Ebbern was ranked world No. 9 at year-end in 1964.<ref>{{cite book |author=Collins, Bud |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York, N.Y |year=2008 |pages=695, 703 |isbn=0-942257-41-3 }}</ref>

==Grand Slam tournaments==

===Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)===
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!Result
!Year
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|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1962 || style="background:#ffc;"|[[Australian Open|Australian Championships]] || Grass ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Court|Margaret Smith]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Darlene Hard]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mary Carter Reitano]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1963 || style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Championships || Grass ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jan Lehane]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lesley Turner Bowrey|Lesley Turner]] || 6–1, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1963 || style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open|French Championships]] || Clay ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Renée Schuurman]] <br> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ann Haydon-Jones]] || 7–5, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1963 || style="background:#cfc;"|[[Wimbledon Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith || {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Maria Bueno]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard || 8–6, 9–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1963 || style="background:#ccf;"|[[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith || {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} Maria Bueno <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Darlene Hard || 4–6, 10–8, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1964 || style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Championships || Grass ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Judy Tegart]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner || 6–4, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1965 || style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean Moffitt]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Court|Margaret Smith]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner || 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
|}

===Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)===
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|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1965 || style="background:#ffc;"|[[Australian Open|Australian Championships]] || Grass ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Owen Davidson]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Court|Margaret Smith]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] ||
Title shared
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1966 || style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Championships || Grass ||  {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bill Bowrey]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Judy Tegart]] <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roche]] || 1–6, 3–6
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF profile}}

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