Mark Edmondson
Australian tennis player
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | (1954-06-28) June 28, 1954 (age 69) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 256–242 (51.21%) |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 15 (17 May 1982) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1976) |
French Open | 2R (1977) |
Wimbledon | SF (1982) |
US Open | 3R (1977, 1981, 1983) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 507–259 |
Career titles | 34 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984) |
French Open | W (1985) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1983) |
Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.
Edmondson won the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, and remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973.[1] He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open.[2]
Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982, which took him to a career-high singles ranking of #15. As a doubles player, he won 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.
Grand Slam performance
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | |
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Australian Open | 2R | W | QF | A | 2R | QF | 3R | SF | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | NH | 3R |
French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | |
Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | |
US Open | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A |
Grand Slam finals, 10 (6 wins, 4 losses)
Singles, 1 (1 win)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1976 | Australian Open | Grass | John Newcombe | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 |
Doubles, 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1980 | Australian Open (1/1) | Grass | Kim Warwick | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 1981 | Australian Open (2/2) | Grass | Kim Warwick | Hank Pfister John Sadri | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
Win | 1983 | Australian Open (3/3) | Grass | Paul McNamee | Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart | 6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 1983 | French Open (0/1) | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Hans Simonsson Anders Järryd | 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 1984 | Australian Open (4/4) | Grass | Sherwood Stewart | Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 1985 | Australian Open (4/5) | Grass | Kim Warwick | Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg | 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 1985 | French Open (1/2) | Clay | Kim Warwick | Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles 2 (2 losses)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1980 | Wimbledon (0/1) | Grass | Dianne Fromholtz | Tracy Austin John Austin | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
Loss | 1986 | French Open (0/1) | Clay | Rosalyn Fairbank | Kathy Jordan Ken Flach | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Career finals
Singles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | 1976 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | John Newcombe | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | 1976 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Phil Dent | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | 1978 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | John Alexander | 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 3–1 | 1979 | Hobart, Australia | Grass | Guillermo Vilas | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | 1979 | Surbiton, England | Grass | Victor Amaya | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–2 | 1981 | Adelaide, Australia | Grass | Brad Drewett | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–3 | 1981 | Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Gianni Ocleppo | 5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 5–3 | 1981 | Bristol, England | Grass | Roscoe Tanner | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Win | 6–3 | 1981 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Chris Lewis | 7–6, 3–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–4 | 1981 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet (i) | Vincent Van Patten | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | 1981 | Hong Kong | Hard | Van Winitsky | 4–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–6 | 1983 | Las Vegas, United States | Hard | Jimmy Connors | 6–7, 1–6 |
Doubles (34 titles, 34 runner-ups)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 1975 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | John Marks | Chris Kachel Peter McNamara | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 1. | 1976 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Clay | John Marks | John Andrews Colin Dibley | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2. | 1976 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | John Marks | Syd Ball Kim Warwick | 3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 2. | 1977 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | John Marks | Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret | 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 3. | 1978 | Florence, Italy | Clay | John Marks | Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta | 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3. | 1978 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Tom Okker | Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 4. | 1978 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Bob Carmichael | Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 4. | 1978 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Bob Carmichael | Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy | 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 5. | 1978 | Stowe, United States | Hard | Kim Warwick | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson | 6–3, 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 6. | 1978 | Hartford, United States | Carpet | Van Winitsky | John McEnroe Bill Maze | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Loss | 7. | 1978 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | John Marks | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5. | 1978 | Hong Kong | Hard | John Marks | Hank Pfister Brad Rowe | 5–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 8. | 1978 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | John Marks | Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts | 2–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 9. | 1979 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | John Marks | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd | 3–6, 1–6, 6–7 |
Win | 6. | 1979 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | John Marks | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 10. | 1979 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | John Marks | Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7. | 1979 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | John Marks | Pat DuPré Robert Lutz | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 8. | 1980 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Kim Warwick | Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher | 7–6, 7–6 |
Win | 9. | 1980 | Surbiton, England | Grass | Kim Warwick | Andrew Pattison Butch Walts | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13 |
Loss | 11. | 1980 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Kim Warwick | Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10. | 1980 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Kim Warwick | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 11. | 1981 | Houston, United States | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Anand Amritraj Fred McNair | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 12. | 1981 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | Mike Estep | Paul McNamee Peter McNamara | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 12. | 1981 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | John Fitzgerald | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
Loss | 13. | 1981 | San Francisco, United States | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 14. | 1981 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Mike Estep | Rod Frawley Chris Lewis | 5–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
Win | 13. | 1981 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Kim Warwick | Hank Pfister John Sadri | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
Win | 14. | 1982 | Adelaide-2, Australia | Grass | Kim Warwick | Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith | 7–5, 4–6, 7–6 |
Win | 15. | 1982 | Richmond WCT, United States | Carpet | Kim Warwick | Syd Ball Rolf Gehring | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 16. | 1982 | Munich-2 WCT, West Germany | Carpet | Tomáš Šmíd | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 17. | 1982 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 15. | 1982 | Milan, Italy | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara | 6–7, 6–7 |
Win | 18. | 1982 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Carpet | Steve Denton | Tony Giammalva Tim Mayotte | 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 16. | 1982 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Paul McNamee Peter McNamara | 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 17. | 1982 | Houston, United States | Clay | Peter McNamara | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 19. | 1982 | Hilton Head WCT, United States | Clay | Rod Frawley | Alan Waldman Van Winitsky | 6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 18. | 1982 | Bristol, England | Grass | Kim Warwick | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson | 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 20. | 1982 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | Brian Teacher | Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 21. | 1982 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Kim Warwick | Rod Frawley Pavel Složil | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 22. | 1982 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Steve Denton | John McEnroe Peter Fleming | 6–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 19. | 1982 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Steve Denton | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 20. | 1982 | Sawgrass Doubles, United States | Clay | Kim Warwick | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | W/O |
Loss | 21. | 1982 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Steve Denton | John McEnroe Peter Rennert | 3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 22. | 1983 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Brian Gottfried | Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy | 6–7, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 23. | 1983 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 6–7, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 23. | 1983 | North Conway, United States | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin | 7–6, 6–1 |
Win | 24. | 1983 | Indianapolis, United States | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 24. | 1983 | Brisbane, Australia | Carpet | Kim Warwick | Pat Cash Paul McNamee | 6–7, 6–7 |
Win | 25. | 1983 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Sherwood Stewart | John McEnroe Peter Rennert | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 26. | 1983 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Steve Denton John Fitzgerald | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 27. | 1983 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Paul McNamee | Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart | 6–3, 7–6 |
Win | 28. | 1984 | Boca West, United States | Hard | Sherwood Stewart | David Dowlen Nduka Odizor | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 25. | 1984 | Luxembourg | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 29. | 1984 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander | 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 26. | 1984 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Sherwood Stewart | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 27. | 1984 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 28. | 1984 | Hong Kong | Hard | Paul McNamee | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 30. | 1984 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Sherwood Stewart | Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 31. | 1985 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Kim Warwick | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 29. | 1985 | Dallas, United States | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 32. | 1985 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Kim Warwick | Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
Loss | 30. | 1985 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Brad Drewett | Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 31. | 1985 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Kim Warwick | John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 32. | 1985 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Kim Warwick | Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 33. | 1985 | Adelaide, Australia | Grass | Kim Warwick | Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 33. | 1986 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Guy Forget Yannick Noah | 6–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 34. | 1986 | Bristol, England | Grass | Wally Masur | Christo Steyn Danie Visser | 7–6, 6–7, 10–12 |
Win | 34. | 1987 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | Brad Drewett | Peter Doohan Laurie Warder | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
References
External links
- Mark Edmondson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Mark Edmondson at the International Tennis Federation
- Mark Edmondson at the Davis Cup
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