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Diane Evers

Dianne Evers
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1956-11-09) 9 November 1956 (age 60)
Melbourne, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open SF (1978)
French Open 1R (1977, 1978)
Wimbledon 2R (1978)
US Open 2R (1977)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1979)
French Open QF (1977)
Wimbledon 3R (1974, 1978, 1979)
US Open 3R (1977)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open SF (1977, 1978)

Dianne Evers (born 9 November 1956) is a retired female tennis player from Australia.

Dianne Evers began playing tennis at Lauriston in 1965 at the age of nine, and then at Kooyong from 1967. Her coach and father Bill Evers owned a tennis centre in Murrumbeena Victoria.

As a junior player for the state of Victoria she won all the junior titles she played in.

In 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 she represented Victoria in the Wilson Cup Team Competition.

In 1974 at the age of seventeen she turned professional and played in the WTA Tour.

in 1974 Dianne Evers and Nerida Gregory won the Australian Women's Hardcourt Doubles Championship in Gympie

In 1974 as a singles player she won the British under 21 open singles. Won the Irish junior girls singles and Won the Netherlands junior girls singles competitions.

In 1975 Dianne Evers and Nerida Gregory won the Australian junior girls doubles at Kooyong.

In 1975 and 1976 Dianne represented Australia in the Annie Soisbault Team Cup Competition in Romania, Spain and France.

In 1975 was the runner up in the junior Australian girls singles title.

In 1978 reached the semi finals at the Australian Open women's singles where she beat the world number one seed Sue Barker.

In 1979 won the doubles title at the Australian Open with Judy Chaloner.

In 1979 won the doubles title at the Canadian Open with Lea Antonopolis.

In 1979 won the doubles title at the Austrian Open with Helena Anliot.

In 1979 won the doubles title at the Swiss Open with Helena Anliot.

In 1979 won the doubles title at the Western Australian open with Mary Sawyer.

in 1979 was the semi finalist at the French Open with Mary Carillo. And Semi finalist in the mixed doubles with Paul Macnamee.

Her top singles ranking was 42 and in the top 10 doubles ranking.

Dianne Evers has played tennis in all the major tournaments and WTA tour tournaments. Wimbledon. US Open. French Open. Italian. Canadian. Austrian. European, US, England WTA Tournaments. And has been involved in tennis for over 51 years at every level of the game. She has played with or against every top female player in the world during her professional career.

Dianne Evers retired in 1983 and moved to Indianapolis in America and took up a career as a tennis coach and qualified with the USPTA.

Dianne Evers moved back permanently to Australia in 2012 and now lives in Queensland and is a full time tennis coach.

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