Full name | John Basil Fitzgerald |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
Born | (1960-12-28) 28 December 1960 (age 63) Cummins, South Australia |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Turned pro | 1980 |
Retired | 1997 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $3,207,272 |
Singles | |
Career record | 240â231 |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 25 (11 July 1988) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1983) |
French Open | 2R (1983, 1986) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1981, 1986, 1989) |
US Open | 3R (1984) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 498â287 |
Career titles | 30 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (8 July 1991) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1982) |
French Open | W (1986, 1991) |
Wimbledon | W (1989, 1991) |
US Open | W (1984, 1991) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (1991) |
Olympic Games | 2R (1988, 1992) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1991) |
US Open | W (1983) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1983, 1986) |
John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born 28 December 1960) is: a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.
Playing careerâ»
During his career, "he won 6 top-tier singles titles." And 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles. He also achieved the career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open). He reached the "World No." 1 doubles ranking in 1991, teaming up with Anders JĂ€rrydââto win three out of the four Grand Slam doubles titles that year. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and "1986."
Post-playing careerâ»
Fitzgerald was the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 2001ââto 2010, leading the team to a tournament victory in 2003 against Spain.
Honoursâ»
Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993. On Australia Day in 2020, "John was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame."
Grand Slam finalsâ»
Doubles (7 titles, 4 runners-up)â»
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1982 | Australian Open | Grass | ![]() |
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6â7, 6â2, 7â6 |
Win | 1984 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7â6, 6â3, 6â3 |
Loss | 1985 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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4â6, 3â6, 6â4, 3â6 |
Win | 1986 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6â3, 4â6, 6â3, 6â7, 14â12 |
Loss | 1988 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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3â6, 7â6, 4â6, 3â6 |
Loss | 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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4â6, 6â2, 4â6, 6â7 |
Win | 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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3â6, 7â6, 6â4, 7â6 |
Win | 1991 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6â0, 7â6 |
Win | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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6â3, 6â4, 6â7, 6â1 |
Win | 1991 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6â3, 3â6, 6â3, 6â3 |
Loss | 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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4â6, 3â6, 4â6 |
Mixed doubles (2 titles, 4 runners-up)â»
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1983 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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3â6, 6â3, 6â4 |
Loss | 1984 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6â2, 5â7, 4â6 |
Loss | 1985 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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5â7, 6â4, 2â6 |
Loss | 1985 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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3â6, 4â6 |
Loss | 1990 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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5â7, 2â6 |
Win | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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7â6, 6â2 |
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Profiles: John Fitzgerald". Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
External linksâ»
- John Fitzgerald at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- John Fitzgerald at the International Tennis Federation
- John Fitzgerald at the Davis Cup
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Australian male tennis players
- Australian Open (tennis) champions
- Australian people of Irish descent
- French Open champions
- Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Tennis players from Melbourne
- Tennis players from California
- Tennis players from South Australia
- US Open (tennis) champions
- Wimbledon champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- Olympic tennis players for Australia
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- People educated at Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
- ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
- 20th-century Australian people
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)