Joan Gibson

Joan Gibson Cottrill is an Australian former tennis player of the 1960s.

Joan Gibson

Full name	Joan Gibson Cottrill
Country (sports)	Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1966)
French Open	2R (1961)
Wimbledon	3R (1967)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1963, 1964)
French Open	2R (1961)
Wimbledon	2R (1967)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1966)
French Open	1R (1961)
Wimbledon	QF (1967)

Gibson, a double-handed player, comes from a tennis family, as a niece of Jack Crawford and sister of Neil Gibson.^[1]

In 1966 she reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Championships with an upset win over the third-seeded Lesley Turner. She also made the mixed doubles semi-finals that year, partnering future husband John Cottrill.^[2]

Gibson had a top national ranking of three, behind Margaret Court and Lesley Turner.^[2]