Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian

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. O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of

Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...

. He is best known for his two victories at the

Australasian Championships The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. ...

(now the Australian Open) in 1920 and 1923. Pat was quick around the court, had textbook groundstrokes, sharp volleys and a solid serve. He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond, Australia. His brother

Arthur O'Hara Wood Major Arthur Holroyd O'Hara Wood (10 January 1890 – 6 October 1918) was an Australian male tennis player and Royal Air Force pilot who was killed during the World War I, First World War. O'Hara Wood was educated at Melbourne Grammar School ...

(1890–1918) was also an Australian tennis player and won the

1914 Australasian Championships The 1914 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia from 23 November to 28 November. It was the 10th edition of the Australasian Champions ...

. After attending Melbourne Grammar School, he entered

Trinity College (University of Melbourne) Trinity College is the oldest residential college of the University of Melbourne, the first university in the colony of Victoria, Australia. The college was opened in 1872 on a site granted to the Church of England by the government of Victori ...

in 1911, where he excelled at cricket as well as tennis, leading the Trinity College team to a memorable victory against Ormond College in March 1911, where he made 167 not out. In 1916, as a 23-year-old law student, he enlisted as an officer in the Australian Army. In 1919, as Captain Pat O'Hara-Wood, he and Bombardier Randolph Lycett won the doubles event at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris. On 3 August 1923 he married Australian tennis player Meryl Waxman.

Grand Slams finals

Singles: 2 titles

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Mixed Doubles: 1 title

References

External links

ADB biography
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohara Wood, Pat 1891 births 1961 deaths Australasian Championships (tennis) champions Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) People educated at Melbourne Grammar School People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles People from St Kilda, Victoria