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Australian legend inducted into the Hall of Fame
Australia's 20-time Grand Slam champion who had a very success tennis career during the 1930's until her retirement in 1958 has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. During her career, Long won 19 Australian Open titles (2 singles, 13 doubles and 4 mix-doubles) and a mix-doubles title at Roland Garros.

Gerald Patterson
Gerald Leighton Patterson MC was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Melbourne, educated at Scotch College Melbourne and died in Melbourne in 13 June 1967. He was the co-World No. 1 player for 1919 along with Bill Johnston. History Tall and well-built, Gerald Patterson played a strong serve-and-volley...

Pat Cash
Patrick Hart “Pat” Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1987. Early career Cash first came to the tennis world’s attention as a junior player in the early 1980s. He was awarded a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport....

Aussies back into Fed Cup
Samantha Stosur has hauled Australia back into the Fed Cup top-flight with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in Stuttgart. Stosur backed up her opening day straight-sets win over world No.14 Angelique Kerber to dismiss the returning Petkovic in one hour and 14 minutes on indoor red clay at the Porsche...

Girl sues over tennis match
A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl is being sued by a classmate over a tennis court mishap at one of Queensland’s top private schools in the latest blow to playground fun. The legal claim, over a bruised eye, has raised concerns that “litigation-crazy” parents could threaten the future of school sport by...

Frank Sedgman
Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21 greatest players of...

Jack Crawford
John Herbert (“Jack”) Crawford (22 March 1908 – 10 September 1991) was an Australian tennis player of the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 player for 1933. Crawford was born in Urangeline, near Albury, New South Wales. Although he won a number of major championship titles he is perhaps best known for...

Norman Brookes
Sir Norman Everard Brookes (14 November 1877 – 28 September 1968) was an Australian tennis champion and president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia. Biography Brookes was born in Melbourne, to a father, William Brookes, who had become rich from gold mining in the Bendigo area. He received a private...

Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913 – 17 November 1991) was an Australian male tennis player. Biography Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start. He was a three-time Australian...

Ken McGregor
Kenneth Bruce McGregor was a former tennis player from Australia who won the Men’s Singles title at the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open) in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered to be one of the greatest men’s doubles teams of all...

Mervyn Rose
Mervyn Rose was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959. He is renowned for coaching the likes of Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Brett Prentice, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Eleni Daniilidou, Nadia Petrova, Magdalena Grzybowska, and Caroline...

Lew Hoad
Lewis Alan (“Lew”) Hoad was a champion Australian tennis player from New South Wales. Hoad died on July 3rd 1994 in Fuengirola, Spain. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranks Hoad as one of the 21 best players of all time. For five straight...

Ashley Cooper
Ashley John Cooper (AO) is a former tennis player from Australia, who was World No. 1 in the late 1950s. 1958 was Cooper’s big year where he became one of only ten men to date (2010) to win three of the four Grand Slam events in the same year – he won singles at the Australian, British, and American...

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