Alfred Wallace Dunlop (12 January 1875 – 6 May 1933) was an Australian

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player, born in

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. He won the doubles title at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, alongside

Fred Alexander Frederick Beasley Alexander (August 14, 1880 – March 3, 1969) was an American tennis player in the early 20th century. He won the singles title at the 1908 Australasian Championships and six double titles at Grand Slam events. Career In 1908, ...

in 1908. He also reached the singles finals at the tournament that year, losing to Alexander. He represented

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in the Davis Cup several times between 1905 and 1914.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Doubles (1 title)

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* * Australian male tennis players New Zealand emigrants to Australia Australasian Championships (tennis) champions Sportspeople from Christchurch 1875 births 1933 deaths Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles 19th-century Australian people 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub