John Fitzgerald (tennis player)

John Fitzgerald
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	December 28, 1960
Size:	183 cm
1st professional season:	1980
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 3,207,272
singles
Career record:	241: 233
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	25 (July 11 1988)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	501: 288
Career title:	30th
Highest ranking:	1 (July 8 1991)
Weeks as No. 1:	40
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born December 28, 1960 in Cummins ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

Career

Fitzgerald grew up on a farm in Cockaleechie , South Australia . It was not until the age of 15 that he took part in the national championships. He won a total of six individual titles on the ATP World Tour , with his greatest successes in doubles and mixed . His most frequent doubles partner was Anders Järryd , with whom he won four of his seven Grand Slam titles in doubles.

Fitzgerald played 19 singles and 14 doubles games for the Australian Davis Cup team between 1982 and 1992 . He achieved two victories with the team: in 1983 Australia beat Sweden 3-2, Fitzgerald won his individual against Joakim Nyström and lost to Mats Wilander . 1986 the opponent was again Sweden, again Australia won 3-2; this time Fitzgerald only competed in doubles, alongside Mark Edmondson he defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd . In 1990 he came again in a Davis Cup final used, in the 3-2 defeat by the United States he was defeated on the side of Pat Cash Rick Leach and Jim Pugh . At the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992 , he competed for Australia. In 1988 in Seoul he started singles and doubles; he was already defeated in the first round to the Canadian Grant Connell , together with Darren Cahill he reached the second round, in which they were defeated by the New Zealanders Kelly Evernden and Bruce Derlin . In 1992 he stepped alongside Todd Woodbridge , but they failed in the second round to Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes , who were playing for India .

Tournament victories

Legend (victories in brackets)

Grand Slam (9)

Tennis Masters Cup (1)

ATP Masters Series (2)

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series (26)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 19, 1981	Kitzbühel	sand	Guillermo Vilas	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
2.	3rd October 1982	Maui	Hard court	Brian Teacher	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	July 10, 1983	Newport	Races	Scott Davis	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
4th	August 21, 1983	Stowe	Hard court	Vijay Amritraj	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
5.	December 16, 1984	Sydney	race	Sammy Giammalva	6: 3, 6: 3
6th	January 10, 1988	Sydney	race	Andrei Chesnokov	6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1981	Båstad	sand	Mark Edmondson	Järryd Hans Simonsson is different	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0
2.	1982	Strasbourg	Carpet (i)	Wojciech Fibak	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	1982	Australian Open	race	John Alexander	Andy Andrews John Sadri	6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
4th	1982	Sydney outdoor	race	John Alexander	Cliff Letcher Craig A. Miller	6: 4, 7: 6
5.	1983	Bristol	race	John Alexander	Tom Gullikson Johan Kriek	7: 5, 6: 4
6th	1983	Newport	race	Vijay Amritraj	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	1984	US Open	Hard court	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
8th.	1985	Auckland	Hard court	Chris Lewis	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	7: 6, 6: 2
9.	1985	Las Vegas	Hard court	Pat Cash	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6
10.	1985	Sydney	Hard court	Järryd is different	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6: 3, 6: 2
11.	1986	French Open	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7, 14:12
12.	1986	Sydney Indoor	Hard court (i)	Boris Becker	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6: 4, 7: 6
13.	1988	Key Biscayne	Hard court	Järryd is different	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5
14th	1988	Tokyo	Hard court	Johan Kriek	Steve Denton David Godfather	6: 4, 6: 4
15th	1988	Sydney Indoor	Hard court (i)	Darren Cahill	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6: 3, 6: 2
16.	1988	Paris	Carpet (i)	Paul Annacone	Jim Grabb Christo van Rensburg	6: 2, 6: 2
17th	1989	Wimbledon	race	Järryd is different	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
18th	1989	Paris	Carpet (i)	Järryd is different	Jakob Hlasek Éric Winogradsky	7: 6, 6: 4
19th	1991	French Open	sand	Järryd is different	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6-0, 7-6
20th	1991	Wimbledon	race	Järryd is different	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
21st	1991	US Open	Hard court	Järryd is different	Scott Davis David Godfather	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
22nd	1991	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Järryd is different	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	7: 5, 6: 3
23.	1991	Paris	Carpet (i)	Järryd is different	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	7: 6, 6: 4
24.	1991	Johannesburg	Hard court	Järryd is different	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6: 4, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
25th	1992	Queen's Club	race	Järryd is different	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7: 6, 2: 6, 16:14
26th	1992	Taipei	Carpet (i)	Sandon Stolle	Patrick Baur Christo van Rensburg	7: 6, 6: 2
27.	1992	Antwerp	Carpet (i)	Järryd is different	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6: 2, 6: 2
28.	1993	Dubai	Hard court	Järryd is different	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6: 2, 6: 1
29	1994	Bologna	sand	Patrick Rafter	Vojtěch Flégl Andrew Florent	6: 3, 6: 3
30th	1994	los Angeles	Hard court	Mark Woodforde	Scott Davis Brian MacPhie	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 0

Mixed

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1983	US Open	Hard court	Elizabeth Sayers	Ferdi Taygan Barbara Potter	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	1991	Wimbledon	race	Elizabeth Smylie	Jim Pugh Natallja Swerawa	7: 6, 6: 2

Web links

• ATP profile of John Fitzgerald (English)
• ITF Profile of John Fitzgerald (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for John Fitzgerald (English)