Greg Perkins is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from Australia.
Biography
Perkins is originally from Brisbane but moved to Sydney at the beginning of his career.
As a junior he partnered with
Allan McDonald to win the boys' doubles title at the
1970 Australian Open
The 1970 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on Grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia from 19 to 27 January. It was the 58th edition of the Australian Open, the 16th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam of th ...
.
In the early 1970s he competed in the professional tour. He was a quarter-finalist in the men's doubles at the
1972 Australian Open
The 1972 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1971 to 3 January 1972. It was the 60th edition of the Australian Open and the first G ...
partnering
Bob Giltinan
Robert Gary Giltinan OAM (born 4 July 1949) is a former professional tennis player who was a grass court specialist. He won one singles title and two doubles titles over a twelve-year career spanning the introduction of the open era in 1968 to ...
and made the third round of the singles at the
1973 Wimbledon Championships
The 1973 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 25 June ...
.
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Living people
Australian male tennis players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Tennis players from Queensland
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Sportsmen from Queensland