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1981 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Frew McMillan and Betty Stöve defeated the defending champions John and Tracy Austin in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds John Austin / Tracy Austin ''(final)'' Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve (champions) Marty Riessen / Wendy Turnbull ''(third round)'' n/a Mark Edmondson / Dianne Fromholtz ''(first round)'' Steve Denton / Anne Smith ''(first round)'' Kevin Curren / Tanya Harford ''(quarterfinals)'' n/a Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links *1981 Wimbledon Championships – Doubles draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ... {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37. Biography McMillan was born in Springs, South Africa. Aside from his considerable success as a doubles player, he had a singles career with good results mostly in South Africa. He played in 38 Grand Slam singles events with a 28 to 38 win–loss record, first playing in 1961 at Wimbledon and last at the first US Open at Flushing Meadows in 1978. His best results in both came at the US Open reaching the quarter finals in 1972 and the last 16 in 1976. Arguably his greatest result was reaching the final of the 1970 South African Open held at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |