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1955 Australian Championships – Men's Singles
First-seeded Ken Rosewall defeated Lew Hoad 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1955 Australian Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Ken Rosewall is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Ken Rosewall ''(champion)'' # Vic Seixas ''(quarterfinals)'' # Rex Hartwig ''(semifinals)'' # Tony Trabert ''(semifinals)'' # Lew Hoad ''(finalist)'' # Sven Davidson ''(third round)'' # Mervyn Rose ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lennart Bergelin ''(quarterfinals)'' # Don Candy ''(second round)'' # Roger Becker ''(third round)'' # Neale Fraser ''(third round)'' # n/a # George Worthington ''(third round)'' # Michael Green ''(third round)'' # Ashley Cooper ''(quarterfinals)'' # Gerald Moss ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player. He won a record 23 Majors in singles, including eight Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a record 15 Pro Slam titles (including a Pro Grand Slam in 1963). Rosewall also won a record 24 major men's doubles titles, with nine Grand Slam titles (including a career Grand Slam) and 15 Pro Slam men's doubles titles. Rosewall had a renowned backhand and enjoyed a long career at the highest levels from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Rosewall was ranked as the world No. 1 tennis player by multiple sources from 1961 to 1964, multiple sources in 1970 and Rino Tommasi in 1971 and 1972. Rosewall was first ranked in the top 20 in 1952 and last ranked in the top 20 in 1977. Rosewall is the only player to have simultaneously held Pro Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces (1962–1963). At the 1971 Australian Open, he became the first ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of ''spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the ''server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kenny (tennis)
Michael, Mick or Mike Kenny may refer to: * Michael Kenny (boxer) (1964–2024), New Zealand boxer *Michael Kenny (sculptor) (1941–1999), English sculptor * Michael Kenny (political scientist), professor of public policy at the University of Cambridge * Michael Daedalus Kenny, comic book illustrator, storyboard artist and director * Michael Hughes Kenny (1937–1995), Roman Catholic bishop of Juneau, Alaska * Mike Kenny (writer), British playwright *Mick Kenny (Kilkenny hurler) (died 2003), played in the 1950s, Irish name Mícheál Ó Cionnaith * Mick Kenny (Galway hurler) (1893–1959), played in the 1910s and 1920s * Mike Kenny (swimmer) (born 1945), British Paralympic swimmer *Michael Kenny, character in '' Sister Kenny'' *Mike Kenny (sprinter), winner of the 1970 distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The distance medley relay has been held at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships annually since 1967. Since 1997, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Reid (tennis)
Douglas Hugh Reid, OAM was an Australian professional tennis player, influential figure in the Australian horse racing industry, and esteemed member of the Victoria Racing Club (VRC). Reid's contributions to both tennis and horse racing left a lasting impact on the sporting landscape of Australia. Born 12 July 1934 in Moreland a suburb of Melbourne Victoria, Reid played tennis at Wimbledon in 1954, making the quarter final at Queen’s where he lost to fellow Australian Ken Rosewall that same year. Later Doug Reid along with his brothers Wayne Reid and Jim Reid, John Brown and Frank Sedgman would start professional promotions company Tennis Camps of Australia (TCA) which would go on to establish and run the professional era of the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Kooyong. TCA’s innovation in promotion of the Open would ensure the Tournament’s future success, for example in 1974 cigarette company Marlboro became a naming rights sponsor – a move that was descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rowe (tennis)
David or Dave Rowe may refer to: Academics * David C. Rowe (1949–2003), American psychologist * David E. Rowe (born 1950), American mathematician and historian Business and technology * David Rowe (entrepreneur) (born 1958), British entrepreneur * David Rowe (executive), director of the University of Warwick Science Park Ltd, West Midlands Sports * Dave Rowe (baseball) (1854–1930), baseball player * Dave Rowe (American football) (born 1945), American football player * David Rowe (cyclist) (born 1944), British 1972 Olympic cyclist * David Rowe (tennis), Australian tennis player, see 1946 Australian Championships – Men's Singles Other * David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe (1937–2023), British politician * David H. Rowe, American politician from Pennsylvania * David P. Rowe (born 1959), Jamaican-American lawyer * Dave Rowe (musician) David B. Rowe, is a folk singer from Maine. Rowe was born in Lewiston, Maine, Lewiston, Maine on April 10, 1973, the only son, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Goodger
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places * County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (other), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France * Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania * Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy *Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 * Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada People Role or title *Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia , ''Don Konisshi'' (コニッシー) *Don, a resident assistant at universities in Canada and the U.S. * University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bowman (tennis)
Brian Leslie Bowman (born July 22, 1946) is an American virtuoso euphonium artist and music professor who, among other things, held the principal euphonium chair and was a featured soloist with the premier concert bands of the United States Navy and Air Force. On March 28, 1976, Bowman performed the first euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall. Early life and education Bowman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He earned a bachelor of music degree (June 1970) and master of music degree (August 1970) from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in Ann Arbor. He earned a doctor of musical arts from the Catholic University of America School of Music (1975). Career Bowman served as a member of three United States military bands, two of which were premier ensembles for their respective services. Bowman served as solo euphonium in the United States Navy Band from 1970 to 1974. This was followed by a two-year period serving with a joint ensemble, the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam (winning titles at all four Grand Slam events) in both singles and doubles, and the first of four male players to complete a double career Grand Slam in singles (later followed by Rod Laver, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal). His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. He was ranked world No. 1 amateur in 1961 by Ned Potter, 1964 by Potter, Lance Tingay and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 14 experts and 1965 by Tingay, Joseph McCauley, Sport za Rubezhom and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 16 experts. Emerson was the first male player to win 12 singles majors. He held that record for 30 years until it was passed by Pete Sampras in 2000. He also held the record of six Australian Open men's singles titles until 2019 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Mason
Cedric () is a masculine given name invented by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel ''Ivanhoe''.Sir Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch (ed.), ''Ivanhoe'', vol. 8 of The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, Edinburgh University Press, 1998, , "explanatory notes", p. 511. The invented name is based on '' Cerdic'', the name of a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon king (itself from Brittonic ''Coroticus''). The name was not popularly used until the children's book '' Little Lord Fauntleroy'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett was published in 1885 to 1886, the protagonist of which is called Cedric Errol. The book was highly successful, causing a fashion trend in children's formal dress in America and popularized the given name. People named Cedric born in the years following the novel's publication include British naval officer Cedric Holland (1889–1950), American war pilot Cedric Fauntleroy (1891–1973), Irish art director Austin Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960) and British actor Cedric Hardwicke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Potter
Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to: Media * ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia * Dicks (band), a musical group * ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film * "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat Names * Dick (nickname), an index of people nicknamed Dick * Dick (surname) * Dicks (surname) * Dick, a diminutive for Richard * Dicks (writer) (1823–1891), a pen name of Edmond de la Fontaine of Luxembourg * Dicks., botanical author abbreviation for James Dickson (1738–1822) Places * Dicks Butte, a mountain in California * Dick's Drive-In, a Seattle, Washington-based fast food chain * Dick's Sporting Goods, a major sporting goods retailer in the United States * Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a soccer stadium in Denver, Colorado Other uses * Dick (slang), a dysphemism for the penis as well as a pejorative epithet * Detective, in early 20th century or 19th century English * Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran), or DIC(K), a political part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Wilderspin
Clive Eric Wilderspin, (3 April 1930 – 13 November 2021) was an Australian former tennis player who was active from the late 1940s until the mid-1950s. Tennis career Wilderspin began playing at age nine and joined Hensman Park club when he was 11. Until 1946 he was coached by his father Eric, an engineer by profession. He was ranked No. 1 in Western Australia from 1946 to 1963. In 1949, Wilderspin won the Australian Boys' Singles and Doubles championships and was the dominant player in the Western Australian team that won the Linton Cup for the junior interstate competition. Wilderspin's best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinal round at the 1953 Australian Championships, in which he lost to Ian Ayre in four sets. That year Wilderspin was part of the Australian team that toured internationally and participated in the Grand Slam tournaments. At the 1953 French Championships he reached the second round in the singles where he was beaten by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
