About Joan Gibson
Joan Gibson was a tennis player.
Joan Gibson Cottrill is an Australian former tennis player of the 1960s.
Gibson, a double-handed player, comes from a tennis family, as a niece of Jack Crawford and sister of Neil Gibson.
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.
Gibson had a top national ranking of three, behind Margaret Court and Lesley Turner.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Joan Gibson. https://biography.guide/joan-gibson/
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