Ken Fletcher

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Ken Fletcher
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! 

Kenneth Norman Fletcher (born June 15, 1940 in Brisbane , Queensland , † February 11, 2006 ibid) was an Australian tennis player . In the 1960s he was one of the most successful doubles and mixed players in the world. He won 10 Grand Slam titles during his career .

Career

He celebrated his greatest successes with Margaret Smith Court . In 1963, Fletcher and Court were the first and so far only pair to win all four Grand Slam tournaments of the year in mixed. Other Grand Slam titles both won at the Australian Open in 1964 and at Wimbledon in 1965, 1966 and 1968 .

With Roy Emerson Fletcher won the men's doubles at the French Open in 1964 and the men's doubles at Wimbledon alongside John Newcombe in 1966 .

As a single player, he only reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament once. In 1963 he lost to his compatriot Roy Emerson in the final of the Australian Open .

Fletcher died of cancer on February 11, 2006 at the age of 65.

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SURNAME Fletcher, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fletcher, Kenneth Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane , Queensland, Australia
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2006
Place of death Brisbane , Queensland, Australia