Nell Truman

Background

Nell Truman was born on 12 December 1945 in Loughton, England, the youngest child of Stanley and Aimee Truman. Her father was a chartered accountants

Education

She attended Queen Anne"s School, in Caversham, Berkshire, and went on to read geography at Street Anne"s College, Oxford, where she was awarded blues in tennis and squash.

Career

She was the sister of tennis player Christine Truman. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the final of the doubles event at the 1972 French Open. Partnering compatriot Winnie Shaw they lost the final in straight sets to Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve.

Her best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the fourth round of the 1969 Wimbledon Championships in which she lost to Judy Tegart.

Between 1965 and 1972 Truman played in five Wightman Cups, a team tennis competition for women between the United States and Great Britain. During the 1968 Wightman Cup the match was tied at three all and Nell partnered sister Christine in the deciding rubber.

In 1972 she joined the Virginia Slims tennis circuit. Nell Truman died in Cambridge on 12 April 2012 as a result of a stroke.

Doubles

Runners-up (1).

Achievements

• She won a gold medal in the singles event at the 1967 World Student Games in Tokyo. The sisters won the match and Nell hit the winning shot to give the British team a victory, their first triumph over the United States team since 1960. In February 1968 she won the singles title at the French Covered Courts Championships in Paris. At the Alexandria Championships in Egypt, played in March 1968, she defeated Olga Morozova in the final to win the singles title. In February 1971 she won the singles title at the German Indoor Tennis Championships in Bremen, defeating Heide Orth in the final in straight sets.