Owen Davidson
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | October 4, 1943
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Turned pro | Grand Slam debut in 1962 |
Retired | 1974 |
Plays | Left-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2010 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 115–116 |
Highest ranking | Top 10 (1960s) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967) |
French Open | QF (1967) |
Wimbledon | SF (1966) |
US Open | QF (1966, 1967) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 127–65 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1972) |
French Open | F (1967) |
Wimbledon | QF (1971) |
US Open | W (1973) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1967) |
French Open | W (1967) |
Wimbledon | W (1967, 1971, 1973, 1974) |
US Open | W (1966, 1967, 1971, 1973) |
Last updated on: 23 May 2012. |
Owen Davidson (born 4 October 1943 in Melbourne) was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s.
Partnering Billie Jean King, Davidson managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. Davidson was one of very few to win a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships all in the same year-1967.
At the Australian Championships, Davidson teamed with Lesley Turner Bowrey and with King to win the other three grand slams. His best grand slam singles result was at Wimbledon in 1966, when he reached the semifinals. He is also the 1972 Australian Open and the 1973 US Open men's doubles champion, partnering John Newcombe and Ken Rosewall. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 2010. He was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame at the Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on 26 January 2011 (Australia Day).
Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)
Wins (2)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1966 | Wimbledon | Bill Bowrey | Ken Fletcher John Newcombe |
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 1967 | Australian Championships | Bill Bowrey | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 8–6, 6–8 |
Runner-up | 1967 | U.S. Championships | Bill Bowrey | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
8–6, 7–9, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1972 | Australian Open | Ken Rosewall | Ross Case Geoff Masters |
3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1972 | US Open (2) | John Newcombe | Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor |
4–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 1973 | US Open | John Newcombe | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall |
7–5, 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles finals
Wins (11)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1965 | Australian Championships | Robyn Ebbern | Margaret Court John Newcombe |
shared championship, final not played |
Winner | 1966 | U.S. Championships | Donna Floyd Fales | Carol Hanks Aucamp Ed Rubinoff |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 1967 | Australian Championships (2) | Lesley Turner Bowrey | Judy Tegart Dalton Tony Roche |
9–7, 6–4 |
Winner | 1967 | French Championships | Billie Jean King | Ann Haydon Jones Ion Ţiriac |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 1967 | Wimbledon [1] | Billie Jean King | Maria Bueno Ken Fletcher |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 1967 | U.S. Championships (2) | Billie Jean King | Rosemary Casals Stan Smith |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1968 | French Open | Billie Jean King | Françoise Durr Jean-Claude Barclay |
1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1971 | Wimbledon (2) | Billie Jean King | Margaret Court Marty Riessen |
3–6, 6–2, 15–13 |
Winner | 1971 | US Open (3) | Billie Jean King | Bob Maud Betty Stöve |
6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 1973 | Wimbledon (3) | Billie Jean King | Janet Newberry Raúl Ramírez |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 1973 | US Open (4) | Billie Jean King | Margaret Court Marty Riessen |
6–3, 3–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 1974 | Wimbledon (4) | Billie Jean King | Lesley Charles Mark Farrell |
6–3, 9–7 |
Open-era doubles titles (10)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 1969 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | John Newcombe | Pancho Gonzales Dennis Ralston |
7–5, 11–13, 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 1969 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | Dennis Ralston | Thomaz Koch Ove Nils Bengtson |
8–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 1970 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Bill Bowrey | Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac |
6–0, 8–10, 3–6, 8–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 1970 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Hard | Bill Bowrey | John Alexander Phil Dent |
6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1970 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Bob Carmichael | Arthur Ashe Stan Smith |
0–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 1971 | Bournemouth, England | Clay | Bill Bowrey | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol |
8–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 1972 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Ken Rosewall | Ross Case Geoff Masters |
3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1972 | U.S. Open, New York | Grass | John Newcombe | Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor |
4–6, 6–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1973 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | John Newcombe | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall |
5–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 6. | 1973 | U.S. Open, New York | Grass | John Newcombe | Roy Emerson Rod Laver |
7–5, 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | 1973 | Chicago, U.S. | Carpet | John Newcombe | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell |
6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1973 | Fort Worth, U.S. | Hard | John Newcombe | Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton |
6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 1973 | London, England | Carpet | Mark Cox | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell |
6–4, 8–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1974 | Baltimore, U.S. | Carpet | Clark Graebner | Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler |
6–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 9. | 1974 | St. Petersburg WCT, U.S. | Hard | John Newcombe | Clark Graebner Charlie Pasarell |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1974 | New Orleans WCT, U.S. | John Newcombe | Robert Lutz Stan Smith |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7 | |
Winner | 10. | 1974 | Orlando WCT, U.S. | Hard | John Newcombe | Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton |
7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1974 | Charlotte, U.S. | Clay | John Newcombe | Buster Mottram Raúl Ramírez |
3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1974 | World Doubles WCT, Montreal | Carpet | John Newcombe | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1974 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | John Newcombe | Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner |
3–6, 6–7 |
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