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1972 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Ken Rosewall defeated Mal Anderson in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1972 Australian Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Ken Rosewall is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # John Newcombe ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ken Rosewall (champion) # John Alexander ''(third round)'' # Alex Metreveli ''(semifinals)'' # Owen Davidson ''(second round)'' # Tony Roche ''(withdrew before the tournament began)'' # Colin Dibley ''(third round)'' # Mal Anderson ''(finals)'' # Dick Crealy ''(quarterfinals)'' # Allan Stone ''(semifinals)'' # John Cooper ''(quarterfinals)'' # Geoff Masters ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Final eight Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 External links Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1972 Australian Open Men's Singles draw1972 Australian Open – Men's dr ... [...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] |
Patrice Dominguez
Patrice Dominguez (12 January 1950 – 12 April 2015) was a French tennis player born in Algeria. He reached a career high ranking of 36 in 1973. He represented France in the Davis Cup between 1971 and 1979. Dominguez was runner–up at the 1973 French Open mixed doubles event partnering Betty Stöve and again in 1978 partnering Virginia Ruzici. He then became a trainer for several players such as Henri Leconte and Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French retired tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is .... He also worked as an analyst for different French media. Between 2005 and 2011 he was the national technical director of the French Tennis Federation. Dominguez died on 12 April 2015 from a chronic illness at the age of 65. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles (2 runners-up) References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Tanabe (tennis)
Kiyoshi "Kiyo" Tanabe (born 22 April 1948) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tanabe represented Japan in four Davis Cup ties during the 1970s. Tanabe, who played collegiate tennis for Oral Roberts University, won two first round matches at the Australian Open, including in 1974 when he upset 16th seed John Cooper. See also *List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Japan Davis Cup team The Japan men's national tennis team represents Japan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Japan Tennis Association. Japan first competed at the D ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanabe, Kiyoshi 1948 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture 20th-century Japanese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stephens (tennis)
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Patrick Proisy
Patrick Proisy (born 10 September 1949) is a French former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1972 (where he beat top seed and defending champion Jan Kodeš in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Manuel Orantes in the semi-finals before losing the final against sixth seeded Spaniard Andrés Gimeno in four sets). He added to that one more final (in Florence, 1976) and singles titles in Hilversum, 1977 and Perth, 1972. Proisy reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 16 in October 1972. Grand Slam finals Singles (1 runner-up) Grand Slam tournament performance timeline Singles Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Career finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Post-playing career From 1997 to 2003, Proisy was president of RC Strasbourg football club. In 2016, he received a ten-month suspended prison sentence for irregularities in transfers during his tenure; parts of transfer fees were rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Case
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Frank Sedgman
Francis "Frank" Arthur Sedgman (born 29 October 1927) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple career Grand Slams in two disciplines, alongside Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the Grand Slam in men's doubles. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959. Sedgman was ranked as the world No. 1 amateur in 1950 by Harry Hopman and Ned Potter, in 1951 by Pierre Gillou, Hopman and Potter and in 1952 by Lance Tingay, Gillou, Hopman and Potter. Tennis de France maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Coghlan
William Coghlan born (6 March 1941) is a former tennis player from Australia. He was active from 1958 to 1979 and won 22 career singles titles. Biography Coghlan won the junior title at the 1960 Australian Championships. A Melbourne real estate agent by profession, he made regular appearances at his home grand slam tournament, twice making the third round. He was a semi-final in the men's doubles at the 1967 Australian Championships, partnering David Power of the United States. He is a younger brother of tennis player Lorraine Coghlan. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coghlan, Will Living people Australian male tennis players Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from Melbourne Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles 20th-century Australian sportspeople Sportsmen from Victoria (state) 1941 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hammond (tennis)
Anthony Hammond (born 16 March 1950) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Hammond, a native of Perth, was a state Linton Cup representative and made the quarter-finals of the Western Australian Open in 1969. He featured in the singles main draw at six editions of the Australian Open without going past the first round. After leaving the tour he was head tennis pro at the Middletown Tennis Club in Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammond, Anthony 1950 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Myers (tennis)
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William Durham (tennis)
William Durham is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was a junior doubles champion at the 1972 Australian Open. Durham reached a career high ranking of 202 while competing on the professional tour and made regular Australian Open appearance in the 1970s. He also qualified for the main draw of the 1973 Wimbledon Championships, where he had a first round win over Soviet Davis Cup player Sergei Likhachev Sergei Likhachev (20 March 1940, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR — 18 October 2016, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet tennis player and tennis coach. He competed in the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is r ..., before losing his next match in five sets to Russell Simpson. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durham, Bill Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions 20th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanaro N'Godrella
Wanaro N'Godrella (18 October 1949 – 26 May 2016) was a French tennis player who was active in the late 1960s and the 1970s. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals of the singles' event at the 1973 Australian Open in which he was defeated by Karl Meiler in four sets. In 1973 and 1974 he played a doubles match for the French Davis Cup team. He reached the highest singles ranking of No. 71 in October 1973. N'Godrella reached the second round of the singles' event at the Wimbledon Championships in 1972. In 1973 he defeated fifth-seeded Manuel Orantes in the second round of the singles event at the French Open. The center court at the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... event in his hometown of Nouméa is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
