Neale Fraser

Information about Neale Fraser

Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE (born on October 3, 1933) is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria. He attended St. Kevin's College, Toorak.
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Neale Fraser and Maria Bueno as runners-up in the Mixed Doubles at the 1959 US Championships.


Fraser is one of the twenty men to win all four majors in doubles and in 1984 he was elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame..

Grand Slam record

  • Australian Championships
  • Singles finalist: 1957, 1959, 1960
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1957, 1958, 1962
  • Men's Doubles finalist: 1954, 1960
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1959
  • French championships
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1958, 1960, 1962
  • Men's Doubles finalist: 1959
  • Wimbledon
  • Singles champion: 1960
  • Singles finalist: 1958
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1959, 1961
  • Men's Doubles finalist: 1955, 1957, 1958, 1973 (w/John Cooper)
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1962
  • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1957, 1959
  • U.S. Championships
  • Singles champion: 1959, 1960
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1957 (w/Ashley Cooper), 1959 (w/Emerson), 1960
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1958, 1959, 1960

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Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II on February 14, 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service".
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are:
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Events


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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s  1910s  1920s  - 1930s -  1940s  1950s  1960s
1930 1931 1932 - 1933 - 1934 1935 1936

Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Victoria

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: "Garden State", "The Place to Be"
Motto(s): "Peace and Prosperity"

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Melbourne
Government Constitutional monarchy
Governor David de Kretser
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20th century - 21st century
1950s  1960s  1970s  - 1980s -  1990s  2000s  2010s
1981 1982 1983 - 1984 - 1985 1986 1987

Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV
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The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Mission

"The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit institution dedicated to preserving the history of tennis,
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Location Melbourne
 Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Men's Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Women's Draw 128S / 96Q / 64D
Prize Money AU$20,000,000
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Grand Slam tournaments

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Location Paris (XVIe)
 France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Surface Clay / Outdoors
Men's Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Women's Draw 128S / 96Q / 64D
Prize Money €15,264,500
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Location Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton
 United Kingdom
Venue All England Club
Surface Grass / Outdoor
Men's Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Women's Draw 128S / 96Q / 64D
Prize Money £11,282,710
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Location Flushing, New York City
 United States
Venue USTA National Tennis Center
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Men's Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D
Women's Draw 128S / 96Q / 64D
Prize Money US$19,600,000
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This is a list of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions.

List


Year Champion Runner-up Score
1877 Spencer Gore William Marshall 6-1 6-2 6-4
1878 Frank Hadow Spencer Gore 7-5 6-1 9-7
1879 John Hartley Vere St.
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Spencer William Gore (March 10, 1850 – April 19, 1906) was a tennis player and cricketer for Surrey.

Gore was born and raised within a mile of the All England Croquet Club in Wimbledon Common, Surrey, and christened at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon [1].
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Patrick Francis (Frank) Hadow (January 24 1855 - June 29 1946) was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878.[1]

His father was Patrick Douglas Hadow who was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College Oxford University and became
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John Thorneycroft Hartley (January 9, 1849 – August 21, 1935) was a tennis player from England, and the only clergyman to win Wimbledon.

Born in Tong, Shropshire, as the winner of the All Comer's Final
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William ("Willie") Charles Renshaw (born January 3, 1861 in Leamington, Warwickshire – died August 12, 1904 in Swanage, Dorset) is one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time.

He won a total of fourteen Wimbledon titles.
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Herbert Lawford (born May 15, 1851 - died April 20, 1925) was a tennis player from Great Britain who won the men's singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887, and was runner-up five times.
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Ernest Renshaw (3 January 1861 in Leamington – 2 September 1899 at his home in Waltham St. Lawrence) was an English tennis player.

Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, he won the men's doubles at Wimbledon seven times.
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William ("Willie") Charles Renshaw (born January 3, 1861 in Leamington, Warwickshire – died August 12, 1904 in Swanage, Dorset) is one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time.

He won a total of fourteen Wimbledon titles.
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Willoughby Hamilton (born as James Willoughby "Willoby" Hamilton on December 9, 1864 in Monasterevin – died on September 27, 1943 in Dublin) was an Irish male tennis player. He won the Wimbledon Championships in 1890.
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Wilfred Baddeley (January 11, 1872, Bromley – January 24, 1929, Menton, France) was a British male tennis player and the elder of the Baddeley twins.

He won Wimbledon three times (1891, 1892, 1895).
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Joshua Pim (born May 20, 1869 in Bray, Wicklow – died April 15, 1942 in Killiney, Dublin) was a tennis player from Ireland. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894.
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Wilfred Baddeley (January 11, 1872, Bromley – January 24, 1929, Menton, France) was a British male tennis player and the elder of the Baddeley twins.

He won Wimbledon three times (1891, 1892, 1895).
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Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
Silver 1900 Paris Singles
Silver 1900 Paris Mixed doubles
Bronze 1900 Paris Doubles

Harold Segerson Mahony
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Olympic medalist

Reginald Doherty (left)
Medal record

Men's Tennis
Gold 1900 Paris Doubles
Gold 1900 Paris Mixed doubles
Gold 1908 London Doubles
Bronze 1900 Paris Singles Reginald "Reggie" Frank Doherty
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Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Gold 1908 London Indoor singles
Gold 1908 London Indoor doubles Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore (born January 2, 1868 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire – died December 1, 1928 in Kensington, London) was a male tennis
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Olympic medalist

Lawrence Doherty (right)
Medal record

Men's Tennis
Gold 1900 Paris Singles
Gold 1900 Paris Doubles
Bronze 1900 Paris Mixed doubles Hugh Lawrence "Laurie" Doherty
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Sir Norman Everard Brookes (born November 14, 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria – died September 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian tennis champion and president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia.
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