Bill Sidwell

Bill Sidwell
Full name	Oswald William Thomas Sidwell
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	16 April 1920 (age 104); Goulburn, NSW
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	1951
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 10 (1949, John Olliff)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1948, 1949, 1950)
Wimbledon	4R (1950)
US Open	3R (1947, 1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1949)
French Open	F (1947)
Wimbledon	F (1947, 1950)
US Open	W (1949)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	F (1948)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1948Ch, 1949Ch)

Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (born 16 April 1920) is an Australian former tennis player.

Sidwell reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, and also played in the Davis Cup in 1948 and 1949 where Australia lost to the United States both years in the Challenge Round. As a junior, he won the Australian Open boys' singles event in 1939. Sidwell is currently Treasurer of the Australian Veteran Golfers Association [AVGA] and is playing golf regularly in place of tennis.

He was ranked World No. 10 for 1949 by John Olliff.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1947	French Championships	Clay	Tom Brown	Eustace Fannin Eric Sturgess	4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1947	Wimbledon	Grass	Tony Mottram	Bob Falkenburg Jack Kramer	6–8, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1949	Australian Championships	Grass	Geoff Brown	John Bromwich Adrian Quist	6–1, 5–7, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	1949	US National Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Frank Sedgman George Worthington	6–4, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	1950	Wimbledon	Grass	Geoff Brown	John Bromwich Adrian Quist	5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6