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Lesley Turner

AUS Age 84 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1968–1978

Lesley Turner represented Australia on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Lesley Turner finished with a career record of 144–76 and 10 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1916 (87th percentile)

Career record

144–76 (65.5%)

Career titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Lesley Turner's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Virginia Wade	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1978*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Lesley Hunt	2-6 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 21, 1978*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 250	Grass
Mima Jausovec	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1978*	R16	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Michelle Tyler	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1978*	R32	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Glynis Coles	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 1, 1978*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Lesley Turner's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Margaret Court	1	6	7	Dec 10, 1976	H2H
Virginia Wade	0	6	6	Jun 30, 1978	H2H
Lesley Hunt	3	2	5	Jun 21, 1978	H2H
Karen Krantzcke	2	3	5	Jan 6, 1973	H2H
Winnie Shaw	2	3	5	Jun 30, 1971	H2H

Titles (10)

Lesley Turner titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1968	25	4	—	—	—	4	—	Helsinki, Italian Open, Saltsjobaden, Vigo
1969	26	3	—	—	—	3	—	Cincinnati Open, Kansas City, Kingston
1971	28	2	—	—	—	2	—	Coogee, Ulster
1974	31	1	—	—	—	1	—	Sydney Eastern Suburbs
Total		10	—	—	—	10	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Lesley Turner career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	25	48	22	70	68.6%	—	—
1969	26	55	22	77	71.4%	—	—
1971	28	20	12	32	62.5%	—	—
1973	30	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—
1974	31	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
1975	32	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
1976	33	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—
1977	34	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1978	35	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
Career		144	76	220	65.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Lesley Turner career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	25	2	2	4	50.0%	29	11	40	72.5%	15	7	22	68.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	48	22	70	68.6%
1969	26	2	2	4	50.0%	33	10	43	76.7%	18	10	28	64.3%	—	—	—	—	55	22	77	71.4%
1971	28	—	—	—	—	7	5	12	58.3%	12	7	19	63.2%	—	—	—	—	20	12	32	62.5%
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%
1974	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1975	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	5	4	9	55.6%
1977	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1978	35	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
Career	—	4	4	8	50.0%	71	27	98	72.4%	61	41	102	59.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	144	76	220	65.5%

Advanced Stats

Lesley Turner advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	25	1725	133.0	—	—	—	—	-230	+73	-8	66.0%	+1.53	6–3 (67%)	—	—	+1.24
1969	26	1876	143.4	—	—	—	—	-347	+93	-23	67.5%	+1.42	14–6 (70%)	—	—	-4.28
1971	28	1894	141.7	—	—	—	—	—	+19	+17	62.9%	+1.13	4–4 (50%)	0–2	—	-0.90
1973	30	1878	119.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	-23	60.0%	+0.85	—	0–1	—	-0.04
1974	31	1848	115.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	-23	50.0%	-0.19	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	-0.61
1975	32	1829	119.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	-29	62.5%	+1.00	0–2	—	—	-0.11
1976	33	1815	130.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+29	60.0%	+0.80	0–2	1–1	—	+0.18
1977	34	1786	116.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	+3	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	0–1	—	-0.35
1978	35	1786	126.2	—	—	—	—	—	+121	—	45.5%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	-1.11
Career		1916	142.5	—	—	—	—	-282	+77	-8	63.8%	+1.20	26–21 (55%)	2–6 (25%)	99.2	-2.74

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Lesley Turner Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	AUS	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	QF	—	SF	6–2 (75%)
1969	26	R16	SF	QF	R32	—	10–4 (71%)
1971	28	R16	QF	R16	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1973	30	R16	—	—	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
1975	32	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	33	QF	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1977	34	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	35	—	R16	R64	—	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	9–3 (75%)	9–4 (69%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	28–16 (64%)

WTA 500

Lesley Turner WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	SPB	BER	SYD	W-L Win %
1968	25	SF	F	SF	—	6–3 (67%)
1969	26	—	F	—	QF	6–2 (75%)
1973	30	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1974	31	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1975	32	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1976	33	—	—	—	QF	2–1 (67%)
1977	34	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	7–7 (50%)	17–11 (61%)

WTA 250

Lesley Turner WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	AUC	BAR	CIN	DAL	EAS	HOU	MEL	NAP	NWP	QUE	ITA	ANK	BAR	BOU	BRI	BRU	CAN	CAR	CHA	CHE	COO	CUR	DUB	FUL	HAV	HEL	HOB	HOY	IST	KAN	KIN	LUG	NEW	ORA	PER	POM	REG	SAL	SAN	SOU	SYD	ULS	VIG	WES	W-L Win %
1968	25	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	W	F	F	—	—	F	—	QF	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	SF	F	—	—	SF	R16	—	QF	QF	SF	W	R16	—	—	—	W	—	36–17 (68%)
1969	26	—	—	SF	W	—	—	SF	QF	SF	—	—	QF	—	QF	QF	QF	—	—	SF	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	W	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	39–16 (71%)
1971	28	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	SF	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	14–9 (61%)
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1974	31	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1975	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1977	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	35	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	9–2 (82%)	2–1 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	7–2 (78%)	2–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–0 (100%)	2–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–0 (100%)	1–0 (100%)	2–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	99–49 (67%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Lesley Turner?: Lesley Turner is 84 years old, born on August 16, 1942.
Which country does Lesley Turner represent?: Lesley Turner represents Australia in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Lesley Turner left-handed or right-handed?: Lesley Turner plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Lesley Turner won?: Lesley Turner has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Lesley Turner won?: TennisDB does not group any of Lesley Turner's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Lesley Turner won?: Lesley Turner has won 10 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Sydney Eastern Suburbs in 1974.
What is Lesley Turner's career win-loss record?: Lesley Turner has a career WTA singles record of 144 wins and 76 losses (65.5%).
Which seasons of Lesley Turner's career appear in TennisDB?: Lesley Turner appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1978.
On which surface does Lesley Turner have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Lesley Turner's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 72.4% (71–27).
Who has Lesley Turner faced most often?: Lesley Turner's most frequent opponent is Margaret Court, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.