Geoff Masters (born 19 September 1950) is an Australian former

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player. He was part of doubles winning pairs in the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon tournaments during the 1970s.

Tennis career

Born in

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, Masters with

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won the mixed doubles at the US Open in 1974. That year he also won the Australian Open's men's doubles with

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. With the same partner Masters won the gentleman's doubles at

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in 1977.

Career finals

Doubles (23 wins, 18 losses)

Post-tennis playing career

Masters can be heard calling Australian Open and Wimbledon matches for the

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