Frank Sedgman

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Frank Sedgman Tennis player
Frank Sedgman
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: October 29, 1927
Size: 175 cm
Weight: 68 kg
1st professional season: 1953
Playing hand: Right
singles
Career record: 108: 40
Career title: 27
Highest ranking: 237 (June 14 1976)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  5
Australian Open S (1949, 1950)
French Open F (1952)
Wimbledon S (1952)
US Open S (1951, 1952)
Double
Career record: 5:14 (in the Open Era)
Career title: 14th
Highest ranking: 922 (November 5 1990)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  9
Australian Open S (1951, 1952)
French Open S (1951, 1952)
Wimbledon S (1948, 1951, 1952)
US Open S (1950, 1951)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  8
Australian Open S (1949, 1950)
French Open S (1951, 1952)
Wimbledon S (1951, 1952)
US Open S (1951, 1952)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Francis Arthur Sedgman AO (born October 29, 1927 in Mount Albert , Victoria ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

From 1949 to 1952 he won 22 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed, three fewer titles than John Newcombe and six fewer titles than Roy Emerson , but they won their titles over a longer period of time. He was also the driving force behind Australia's first three years of dominance in the Davis Cup , when Australia won the Cup 15 times in 18 years from 1950 to 1967 .

Grand Slam winner in tennis
year Tennis player competition
1938 United States 48United States Don Budge Men's singles
1951 AustraliaAustralia Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman
AustraliaAustralia  		Men's doubles
1953 United States 48United States Maureen Connolly Ladies singles
1960 Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Bueno
with various partners 		Ladies doubles
1962 AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver Men's singles
1963 AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith Ken Fletcher
AustraliaAustralia  		Mixed
1965 AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith
with various partners 		Mixed
1967 AustraliaAustralia Owen Davidson
with various partners 		Mixed
1969 AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver Men's singles
1970 AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Ladies singles
1984 United StatesUnited States Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States  		Ladies doubles
1988 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Steffi Graf Ladies singles
1998 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis
with various partners 		Ladies doubles
! with various partners   Golden Slam! 

In 1951 he won the Grand Slam in men's doubles together with Ken McGregor .

Sedgman was an extremely fast, slim right-handed man and was known for his fitness. He was one of the Australian players who use the "Continental Grip", a grip in which the racket is held in the same way on forehand and backhand. His volleyball game and speed were feared by his opponents. His elegant style of footwork and strokes has long been a model for many other players. Although he is almost forgotten today, he can be counted among the top twenty players of all time.

He switched to the pros in 1953, ahead of the amateurs and pros joint events, becoming the first player to earn more than $ 100,000 in prize money in one year. In his first year as a professional, Jack Kramer beat him 54 to 41 in 95 games.

Sedgman won three major tournaments in the Professional World Singles Tournament and played well into the 1960s. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979.

Grand Slam victories

Australian Championship

  • Single - 1949-50
  • Doubles - 1951-52
  • Mixed - 1949-50
    • Single finalist - 1952
    • Double finalist - 1947-48

Wimbledon

  • Single - 1952
  • Doubles - 1948, 51-52
  • Mixed - 1951-52

American championships

  • Singles - 1951-52
  • Doubles - 1950-51
  • Mixed - 1951-52
    • Double finalist - 1949, 1952
    • Mixed finalist - 1950

French championships

  • Singles - 1951-52
  • Doubles - 1951-52
  • Mixed - 1951-1952
    • Single finalist - 1952
    • Double finalist - 1948
    • Mixed finalist - 1948

Professional World Singles Tournament wins

  • United States Professional Championship
    • Finalist - 1956, 1961
  • French Professional Championship
    • Single - 1953
      • Finalist - 1959

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Sedgman, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sedgman, Frank Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Albert , Victoria , Australia