{{Short description|British tennis player (born 1944)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Robin Blakelock | image = | fullname = Robina Blakelock | country_represented = {{flagcountry|GBR}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1963, 1965) | Wimbledonresult = 3R (1965) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1965) | WimbledonDoublesresult = SF (1968) | FrenchOpenMixedresult = 1R (1963) | WimbledonMixedresult = {{nowrap|3R (1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969)}} }} '''Robina Blakelock'''<ref>{{cite news |title=May Reach Top Class |work=West Sussex County Times |date=19 September 1958 |page=3}}</ref> (born 21 February 1944) is a British former tennis player. Starting in 1963, she competed under her married name, '''Robin Lloyd''', and was remarried in 1970 to Australian player Graham Primrose.<ref>{{cite news |title=Primrose named Jax tennis coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/116073698/ |work=The Anniston Star |date=31 January 1971}}</ref>
Active in the 1960s, Blakelock grew up in Sussex. She was a British junior champion and as a 19-year old came close to beating Angela Mortimer, holding a match point against her in the 1962 Brighton final;<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Mortimer Survives a Match Point |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=21 May 1962 |page=20}}</ref> and beat former champion Darlene Hard at the 1963 French Championships in a long second round match, 13–11, 1–6, 8–6. Her best Wimbledon performances included a singles third round appearance in 1965 and All England Plate runner-up finish in 1966. She was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships with Frances MacLennan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Talbot |first1=David |title=Wimbledon Report |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=6 July 1968}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{WTA|name=Robin Lloyd}} * {{ITF|name=Robin Lloyd}} * {{Wimbledon player|name=Robin Lloyd}}
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