Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (née Coghlan; born 23 September 1937) is a former tennis player from the state of Victoria in Australia. In 1956, she won the Australian Championships Girls' Singles title. Coghlan teamed with Bob Howe to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1958. Coghlan and Howe were also the runners-up in mixed doubles at the 1958 French Championships.
At the Australian Championships, Coghlan was the singles runner-up in 1958, losing to Angela Mortimer 6–3, 6–4, and was a runner-up in women's doubles in 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1967.
Coghlan married John Robinson on 19 December 1959.
Grand Slam finals Doubles (4 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1958 Australian Championships Grass Angela Mortimer Mary Bevis Hawton Thelma Coyne Long 5–7, 8–6, 2–6Loss 1959 Australian Championships Grass Mary Carter Reitano Renée Schuurman Sandra Reynolds 5–7, 4–6Loss 1960 Australian Championships Grass Margaret Smith Maria Bueno Christine Truman 2–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss 1967 Australian Championships Grass Évelyne Terras Lesley Turner Bowrey Judy Tegart 0–6, 2–6
Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1958 French Championships Clay Bob Howe Shirley Bloomer Nicola Pietrangeli 6–8, 2–6Win 1958 Wimbledon Grass Bob Howe Althea Gibson Kurt Nielsen 6–3, 13–11
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963–1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Career SR Australia2RQFSFFQFQFA2RAQF1RAAA 0 / 9 FranceAAA4RAAAAAAAAAA 0 / 1 WimbledonAAA4RAAAAAAAAA1R 0 / 2 United StatesAAA2RAAAAAAAAAA 0 / 1 SR0 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 40 / 10 / 10 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 1 0 / 13
See also Performance timelines for all female tennis players since 1978 who reached at least one Grand Slam final
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