Fred Stolle

Fred Stolle
Born	8 October 1938 (1938-10-08) Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle (born 8 October 1938) is an Australian tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.

He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985. He currently provides commentary on Grand Slam tennis tournaments for Australia's Fox Sports and the Nine Network. He is also part of the commentary team for the Hopman Cup on One HD.

Grand Slam record

Australian Championships/Open

• Singles finalist: 1964, 1965
• Men's Doubles champion: 1963, 1964, 1966
• Men's Doubles runner-up: 1962, 1965, 1969
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1962, 1969
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1963

French Championships/Open

• Singles champion: 1965
• Men's Doubles champion: 1965, 1968
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1962, 1963, 1964

Wimbledon

• Singles runner-up: 1963, 1964, 1965
• Men's Doubles champion: 1962, 1964
• Men's Doubles runner-up: 1961, 1968, 1970
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1961, 1964, 1969

U.S. Championships/Open

• Singles champion: 1966
• Singles runner-up: 1964
• Men's Doubles champion: 1965, 1966, 1969
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1962, 1965
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1975

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1963	Wimbledon (1/1)	Grass	Chuck McKinley	7–9, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1964	Australian Championships (1/1)	Grass	Roy Emerson	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1964	Wimbledon (2/2)	Grass	Roy Emerson	1–6, 10–12, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	1964	U.S. Championships (1/1)	Grass	Roy Emerson	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1965	Australian Championships (2/2)	Grass	Roy Emerson	9–7, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 1–6
Winner	1965	French Championships (1/1)	Clay	Tony Roche	3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1965	Wimbledon (3/3)	Grass	Roy Emerson	2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1966	U.S. Championships (2/1)	Grass	John Newcombe	4–6, 12–10, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	4–6, 8–6, 4–6, 8–6, 6–8
Runner-up	1962	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 9–11
Winner	1962	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Boro Jovanović Nikola Pilić	6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	1963	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Ken Fletcher John Newcombe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12
Winner	1964	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	7–5, 11–9, 6–4
Runner-up	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4, 11–13, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1965	French Championships	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Fletcher Bob Hewitt	6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2
Winner	1965	U.S. Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	Frank Froehling Charles Pasarell	6–4, 10–12, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10
Winner	1966	U.S. Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	Clark Graebner Dennis Ralston	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1968	French Open	Clay	Ken Rosewall	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–8, 7–5, 12–14, 3–6
Runner-up	1969	Australian Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Rod Laver Roy Emerson	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1969	US Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Charles Pasarell Dennis Ralston	2–6, 7–5, 13–11, 6–3
Runner-up	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe Tony Roche	8–10, 3–6, 1–6

Open-era doubles titles (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1968	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ken Rosewall	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
2.	1968	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	7–5, 6–1
3.	1969	U.S. Open, New York	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Charlie Pasarell Dennis Ralston	2–6, 7–5, 13–11, 6–3
4.	1971	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	Robert Maud Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
5.	1972	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Nikola Pilić Cliff Richey	7–6, 7–6
6.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale Allan Stone	7–6, 6–0
7.	1972	Johannesburg-2, South Africa	Hard	John Newcombe	Terry Addison Bob Carmichael	6–3, 6–4
8.	1973	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
9.	1973	Cleveland WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–2, 6–3
10.	1973	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	7–6, 4–6, 7–5

External links

• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile