Trevor Fancutt (14 July 1934 – 23 December 2022) was a South African tennis player. In 1960 Fancutt, partnering

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, won the mixed doubles title of the

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, defeating

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and

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in straight sets. In 1957, he played in two ties for the South African

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team and compiled a match record of two wins and two losses. In August 1957, he beat

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in the final of the international tournament in

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, Austria in three straight sets. Fancutt married Australian singles semi finalist

Daphne Seeney Daphne Seeney (2 February 1933 – 18 September 2020), married name Daphne Fancutt, was an Australian professional tennis player whose career spanned the 1950s. Seeney was a doubles finalist in the 1956 Wimbledon Championships with partner F ...

. Two of their sons,

Charlie Fancutt Charlie Fancutt (born 17 June 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career Fancutt won the boys' doubles title at the 1976 Australian Open (partnering Peter McCarthy). He upset Ivan Lendl in the opening round of the 1981 ...

and

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, were professional tennis players who played on the main tour (a third son Chris Fancutt played at challenger level). Fancutt died on 23 December 2022, at the age of 88.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fancutt, Trevor 1934 births 2022 deaths South African emigrants to Australia South African male tennis players Australian Championships (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles People from Kokstad