Bill Sidwell
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Bill Sidwell was an Australia
n tennis
player.
Sidwell reached four Grand Slam
doubles finals, winning once, and also played in the Davis Cup
in 1948 and 1949. He is currently Treasurer of the AVGA and is playing golf regularly in place of tennis.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player.
Sidwell reached four Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
doubles finals, winning once, and also played in the Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
in 1948 and 1949. He is currently Treasurer of the AVGA and is playing golf regularly in place of tennis.
Grand Slam finals
| Year | Competition | Event | Partner | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | French championship French Open (tennis) The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
Men's doubles | Tom Brown | Eustace Fannin & Eric Sturgess Eric Sturgess Eric William Sturgess was a South African male tennis player. Eric Sturgess attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg... |
lost 4–6 6–4 4–6 3–6 |
| 1948 | Australian championship | Mixed doubles | Thelma Coyne Long Thelma Coyne Long Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long was one of the female tennis players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s.-Tennis career:... |
Nancye Wynne Bolton Nancye Wynne Bolton Nancye Wynne Bolton was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles... & Colin Long |
lost 5–7 6–4 6–8 |
| 1949 | Australian championship | Men's doubles | Geoff Brown Geoff Brown (tennis) Geoff Brown is a former Australian male tennis player, born in Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia.Brown was runner-up to Yvon Petra in the 1946 Wimbledon Championships final, and also reached the 1949 Australian Championships doubles final, alongside Bill Sidwell.-References:... |
Adrian Quist Adrian Quist Adrian Karl Quist was an Australian male tennis player.-Biography:Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start... & John Bromwich John Bromwich John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand.... |
lost 6–1 5–7 2–6 3–6 |
| 1949 | U.S. championship | Men's doubles | John Bromwich John Bromwich John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand.... |
Frank Sedgman Frank Sedgman Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21... & George Worthington |
won 6–4 6–0 6–1 |