Ashley Cooper

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Ashley John Cooper (born September 15, 1936 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former tennis player from Australia, who was World No. 1 amateur in the late 1950s.

1958 was Cooper's big year where he became one of only ten men to date (2005) to win three of the four major events in the same year - he won singles at the Australian, British, and American championships and was a semi-finalist at the French championship, losing to Luis Ayala 11-9, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 5-7.

The right-handed Cooper was the top-ranked player in both 1957, when he was a Wimbledon and Forest Hills finalist and Paris semi-finalist, and in 1958. Cooper was an Australian Davis Cup player as the team won the cup from '56 and '57, and finalists in '58. He turned professional in 1959.

Upon retiring as a player, Cooper has served as a tennis player development administrator with Tennis Queensland, where he has been based for forty years. He presently also sits on the Board of Directors for Tennis Australia.

Cooper was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.

1 Grand Slam singles finals
- 1.1 Wins (4)
- 1.2 Runner-ups (2)
2 External links

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1957	Australian Championships	Neale Fraser	6-3, 9-11, 6-4, 6-2
1958	Australian Championships (2)	Malcolm Anderson	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1958	Wimbledon Championships	Neale Fraser	3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11
1958	U.S. Championships	Malcolm Anderson	6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1957	Wimbledon Championships	Lew Hoad	2-6, 1-6, 2-6
1957	U.S. Championships	Malcolm Anderson	8-10, 5-7, 4-6