Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (16 April 1920 – 19 August 2021) was an Australian tennis player. Sidwell reached five Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, at the 1949 U.S. National Championships with compatriot

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. He also played in the

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in 1948 and 1949 where Australia lost to the

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both years in the Challenge Round. As a junior, he won the Australian Open boys' singles event in 1939. Sidwell played golf regularly in place of tennis. He was ranked world No. 10 for 1949 by

John Olliff John Sheldon Olliff (1 December 1908 – 29 June 1951) was an English tennis player, author and sportsjournalist. Life Olliff took part in the Wimbledon Championships from 1928. In singles, he advanced to the fourth round several times until ...

. As of December 2008, Sidwell was still organising golf events at the age of 88. He turned 100 in April 2020 and died in

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in August 2021, at the age of 101.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

References

External links

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AVGA official website
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