John McCurdy (born 13 May 1960) is a former professional

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player from Australia.

Career

McCurdy made his first

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singles appearance at the

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, where he had an opening round win over Sweden's

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, before being eliminated in the second round by

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. At the

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, the Australian made it as far as the fourth round, with wins over Juan Avendaño,

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and

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. He had only entered the main draw due to the withdrawal of American player Jay Turpin. He lost in the first round of the 1983 US Open, to

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. McCurdy defeated John Frawley in the opening round of the

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and was then beaten by Andy Andrews in the second round. As a doubles player, he made the third round of the Australian Open in 1982, with Peter Johnston, whom he would partner at four further Grand Slam tournaments. McCurdy and Johnston were finalists at Melbourne's Black and Decker Indoor Championships in 1984. In the early 1980s, McCurdy played at reserves level for the

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. He became a tennis coach after retiring and spent a period of time as director of Tennis Victoria.Fromberg-McCurdy Tennis Academy

Grand Prix/WCT career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCurdy, John 1960 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis people from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian people Sportsmen from Victoria (state)