Gerald Patterson

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Gerald Leighton Patterson (December 17, 1895 – June 13, 1967) was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Melbourne, and died there June 13, 1967. He was the co-World No. 1 player for 1919 along with Bill Johnston.

He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1989.

Patterson was the nephew of Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.

Contents

[edit] Grand Slam record

[edit] Australian championships

  • Singles champion: 1927
    • Singles finalist: 1914, 1922, 1925
  • Doubles champion 1914, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927
    • Doubles finalist: 1924, 1932

[edit] Wimbledon championships

  • Singles champion: 1919, 1922
    • Singles finalist: 1920
    • Doubles finalist: 1922, 1926
  • Mixed champion: 1920

[edit] External links

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Pre Open Era Wimbledon men's singles champions*

* Pre Open Era · (1877) Spencer Gore · (1878) Frank Hadow · (1879–80) John Hartley · (1881–86) William Renshaw · (1887) Herbert Lawford · (1888) Ernest Renshaw · (1889) William Renshaw · (1890) Willoughby Hamilton · (1891–2) Wilfred Baddeley · (1893–4) Joshua Pim · (1895) Wilfred Baddeley · (1896) Harold Mahony · (1897–00) Reginald Doherty · (1901) Arthur Gore · (1902–6) Lawrence Doherty · (1907) Norman Brookes · (1908–9) Arthur Gore · (1910–13) Tony Wilding · (1914) Norman Brookes · (1915–18) No competition · (1919) Gerald Patterson · (1920–1) Bill Tilden · (1922) Gerald Patterson · (1923) Bill Johnston · (1924) Jean Borotra · (1925) René Lacoste · (1926) Jean Borotra · (1927) Henri Cochet · (1928) René Lacoste · (1929) Henri Cochet · (1930) Bill Tilden · (1931) Sidney Wood · (1932) Ellsworth Vines · (1933) Jack Crawford · (1934–6) Fred Perry · (1937–8) Don Budge · (1939) Bobby Riggs · (1940–5) No competition · (1946) Yvon Petra · (1947) Jack Kramer · (1948) Bob Falkenburg · (1949) Ted Schroeder · (1950) Budge Patty · (1951) Dick Savitt · (1952) Frank Sedgman · (1953) Vic Seixas · (1954) Jaroslav Drobný · (1955) Tony Trabert · (1956–7) Lew Hoad · (1958) Ashley Cooper · (1959) Alex Olmedo · (1960) Neale Fraser · (1961–2) Rod Laver · (1963) Chuck McKinley · (1964–5) Roy Emerson · (1966) Manuel Santana · (1967) John Newcombe


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