Lesley Ronaldson

Club

Royal Tennis Court

Position Senior Professional
Nationality British
Left/Right Handed Right handed

Hobbies

Art, history, theatre
Date of Birth 18/12/1950
Photograph Click here to see photograph

Profile

Lesley started playing real tennis whilst working as a squash and lawn tennis professional at Oxford.  As there were no professional championships for ladies, Lesley was forced to give free lessons and marking for 18 years. This enabled her to retain her amateur status and compete in amateur tournaments.

Winner British Open Singles, 1979, 1980-81 and 1986
W
inner British Open Doubles four times
Winner US Open 1984 plus doubles titles
Finalist World Championships 1985
Doubles World Champion 1987
Over 40's 1991.

A superbly talented player, who in latter years has been hindered by having replacement hips (3), but is now back to moving well on court and playing some great tennis.

Lesley runs Events 2000 and is co-ordinating the National League this season and introduced M&G to the RTPA.

Lesley has also contributed greatly to Ladies tennis in this country and in particular was the founder chair of the Ladies Association from 1981 until 1991.