Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male

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player who competed on the

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from 1970–1987, reaching the singles final of the

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in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten including Guillermo Vilas,

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Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player, known as Vitas Gerulaitis. In 1975, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering with Sandy Mayer. He won the men's singles ...

, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and

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. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 (with

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) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, and Roland Garros 1985, and was also a runner-up in Australian Open 1986, all of them partnering fellow countryman

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. Partnering with

Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Goolagong was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. At the age of 19, she won the French Open sing ...

, he won the French Open 1972, defeating

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and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against

Rosie Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals (born September 16, 1948) is an American former professional tennis player. Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned mor ...

and

Ilie Năstase Ilie Theodoriu Năstase (, born 19 July 1946) is a former World No. 1 Romanian tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974, and was the first man to hold the top position on the computerized ATP rankin ...

who won 6–4, 6–4. Kim also was a member of the winning team of

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in 1975 ( Pittsburgh Triangles) and 1986 (San Antonio Racquets). Warwick also holds the record for the most match points missed in a losing effort, having held eleven chances to defeat eventual champion

Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He won the French Open in 1976, and was the only player ever to defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, doing so on two occasions. He is also the only Italian man ...

in the Rome Masters in 1976. His best record is his streak of 21 consecutive Grand Slam appearances; it began in 1975, and did not end until 1980. His record would later be surpassed by Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg, who would run it out to 54 consecutive Grand Slam appearances.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Doubles (26 titles, 26 runners-up)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, Kim Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions French Open champions Tennis players from Sydney 1952 births Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles