Christine Truman Janes
| Full name | Christine Clara Truman Janes |
|---|---|
| ITF name | Christine Janes |
| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom
|
| Born |
16 January 1941 Woodford Green, England |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 2 (1959) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1960) |
| French Open | W (1959) |
| Wimbledon | F (1961) |
| US Open | F (1959) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1960) |
| French Open | SF (1959) |
| Wimbledon | F (1959) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1960) |
| French Open | SF (1967) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1959) |
| US Open | SF (1958) |
| Team competitions | |
| Wightman Cup | W (1958,1960,1968) |
Christine Truman Janes MBE (born 16 January 1941) is a female former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist at Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships. She helped Great Britain win the Wightman Cup in 1958, 1960 and 1968.
Christine Truman was a member of a tight-knit, supportive tennis-playing family. She often entered the Wimbledon mixed doubles with her brother. She formed a successful doubles partnership with her younger sister Nell Truman. She was the British junior champion in 1956 and 1957. Truman made her debut at Wimbledon in 1957 at age 16, beating the third seed and then French champion Shirley Bloomer, American semifinalist Betty Rosenquest, and eventually lost to eventual champion Althea Gibson in the semifinals.
In 1958, she caused a sensation by defeating Gibson, the reigning Wimbledon champion, in the Wightman Cup and helped bring the cup back to Great Britain after 21 consecutive defeats by the United States. She also beat Dorothy Knode and won her doubles with Shirley Bloomer. A few weeks later at Wimbledon, however, as the second seed she was defeated in the fourth round by the American Mimi Arnold. This loss helped start her reputation as an unpredictable player.
In 1959, she became the youngest women's singles champion at the French Championships at the age of 18, beating Sandra Reynolds in three sets and defending champion Zsuzsa Körmöczy in straight sets in the final. That year, by far her best, also saw her as the winner of the Italian Championships, beating Yola Ramirez and, in an astonishing final, Sandra Reynolds by 6-0, 6-1. In 1959, she also was runner-up at the U.S. Championships to Maria Bueno after beating Dorothy Knode and Ann Haydon. She failed, however, to justify her top seeding at Wimbledon where she lost in the fourth round to Yola Ramírez. In doubles at Wimbledon, Truman partnered Beverly Baker to reach the women's doubles final (where they lost to Darlene Hard and Jeanne Arth).
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