Amanda Tobin

Tobin was born in Bathurst and grew up in the Illawarra, where she attended Oak Flats High School.[1]

She competed in all junior Grand Slam events, where she was a Quarter finalist at the US and Wimbledon girls singles event and a semi finalist at the French Open girls' singles. She was the winner of the 1977 Australian Open Junior title.

Amanda was ranked Number 1 in Australia for all her junior age groups.

Her highest World Junior ranking was Number 2.

Amanda represented Australia on 17 occasions and was runner up in the World Junior Championships in Stockholm in late 1977.[2]

While still a teenager she made back-to-back quarter-finals in the women's doubles at the Australian Open, partnering Keryn Pratt in 1977 and Leanne Harrison in 1978. As a singles player she made the third round of a Grand Slam on three occasions over the course of her career, at the 1978 US Open, 1979 Wimbledon Championships and 1985 Australian Open.[3] In Grand Slam competition she twice came up against Martina Navratilova, who on both occasions went on to win the event, at the 1981 Australian Open and 1986 Wimbledon Championships.

Tobin spent a decade competing on the WTA Tour. Her best performances include making the quarter-finals of the singles draw at the NSW Open in 1977 and also Adelaide in 1980, as well as semi-final appearances in doubles at Perth in 1981 and Tokyo in 1986.

She was the Singles Champion and Doubles runners up at the Dunlop masters in Tokyo. She was the Western Australian open Singles Champion on 5 occasions

In 1983 she was the runner up in the Wimbledon Plate Singles event with wins over former top 10 players.

Amanda's highest world senior ranking was 58.

She has the distinction of being the last player to beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley on tour, which she did at the 1985 Australian Indoor tournament, ending the career of the former world number one.[4][5]

Tobin married first husband Mark Evans in 1980. Her second husband was Greg Dingwall, with whom she played in the mixed doubles at the 1983 Wimbledon Championships.[6]

She is now married to Vince Chaplin. She has 2 sons , one of their sons, Jarryd Chaplin, is a professional tennis player.[7]

Since the 1990s she has worked as a tennis coach, most recently as the head coach at Kambala Girls School, Rose Bay.[7]