John Newcombe

John Newcombe
AO OBE

Newcombe in 1974
Full name	John David Newcombe
Country (sports)
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(1944-05-23) 23 May 1944 (age 80) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1967 (amateur from 1960)
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,062,408
Int. Tennis HoF	1986 (member page)
Singles
Career record	1072–401 (72.8%)
Career titles	68 (41 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1967, Lance Tingay)[1] No. 1 (3 June 1974, ATP)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1973, 1975)
French Open	QF (1965, 1969)
Wimbledon	W (1967, 1970, 1971)
US Open	W (1967, 1973)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1973, 1974)
WCT Finals	W (1974)
Professional majors
Doubles
Career record	333–115 (74.3%)
Career titles	33
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1965)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1976)
French Open	W (1967, 1969, 1973)
Wimbledon	W (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974)
US Open	W (1967, 1971, 1973)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1965)
French Open	F (1965)
US Open	W (1964)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973)

John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a former record 17 men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors.^[2] Tennis magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.