Geoff Masters
Appearance
Full name | Geoffrey Masters |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Residence | Queensland, Australia |
Born | Brisbane, Australia | 19 September 1950
Turned pro | 1969 (amateur tour from 1967) |
Retired | 1981 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 199–235 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 42 (5 March 1975) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1975) |
French Open | 3R (1972) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1978) |
US Open | 3R (1974) |
Other tournaments | |
WCT Finals | QF (1979) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 351–203 |
Career titles | 23 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1974) |
French Open | QF (1976) |
Wimbledon | W (1977) |
US Open | QF (1974) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | W (1974) |
Geoff Masters (born 19 September 1950) is an Australian former tennis player. He was part of doubles winning pairs in the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon tournaments during the 1970s.
Tennis career
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Masters with Pam Teeguarden won the mixed doubles at the US Open in 1974. That year he also won the Australian Open's men's doubles with Ross Case. With the same partner Masters won the gentleman's doubles at Wimbledon in 1977.[1]
Doubles titles (23)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1972 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Ross Case | Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall |
6–3, 6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1972 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Mal Anderson | Jurgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
6–7, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 1972 | Seattle, US | Hard | Ross Case | Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Wanaro N'Godrella |
4–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 1972 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | Ross Case | Georges Goven Wanaro N'Godrella |
6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1973 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Ross Case | John Newcombe Tom Okker |
2–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 1973 | Washington, D.C., US | Clay | Ross Case | Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison |
2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1973 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Ross Case | Rod Laver John Newcombe |
6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 1974 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Ross Case | Syd Ball Bob Giltinan |
6–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1974 | Hempstead WCT, New York | Hard | Ross Case | Jeff Borowiak Dick Crealy |
7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1974 | St. Louis, US | Clay | Ross Case | Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie |
6–7, 7–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 5. | 1974 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 1974 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Ross Case | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 1975 | São Paulo WCT, Brazil | Carpet | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 8. | 1975 | Caracas WCT, Venezuela | Hard | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1975 | St. Louis, US | Clay | Ross Case | Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 9. | 1975 | Melbourne Indoor, Australia | Grass | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1975 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1975 | Perth, Australia | Hard | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 10. | 1975 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Ross Case | Syd Ball Kim Warwick |
6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1976 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Ross Case | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
6–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 1976 | Monterrey WCT, Mexico | Carpet | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 1976 | Jackson WCT, US | Carpet | Ross Case | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
5–7, 6–4, 0–6 |
Winner | 11. | 1976 | São Paulo WCT, Brazil | Carpet | Ross Case | Charlie Pasarell Allan Stone |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 13. | 1976 | Rome, Italy | Clay | John Newcombe | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 1976 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Ross Case | Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall |
6–3, 3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 5–7 |
Winner | 12. | 1976 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Ross Case | Anand Amritraj Corrado Barazzutti |
6–0, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1977 | San Jose, US | Carpet | Tom Gorman | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 13. | 1977 | Denver, US | Carpet | Colin Dibley | Syd Ball Kim Warwick |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 14. | 1977 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Ross Case | John Alexander Phil Dent |
6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–9, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 1977 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Ross Case | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
7–6, 3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 15. | 1977 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Clay | Kim Warwick | Colin Dibley Chris Kachel |
6–2, 7–6 |
Winner | 16. | 1978 | Sarasota, US | Carpet | Colin Dowdeswell | Byron Bertram Bernard Mitton |
2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 17. | 1978 | Little Rock, US | Carpet | Colin Dibley | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson |
7–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 18. | 1978 | Dayton, US | Carpet | Brian Gottfried | Hank Pfister Butch Walts |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 17. | 1978 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Colin Dibley | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
5–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 19. | 1978 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Clay | Ross Case | Željko Franulović Buster Mottram |
6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 20. | 1978 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet | Ross Case | Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 18. | 1979 | Houston, US | Clay | John Alexander | Gene Mayer Sherwood Stewart |
1–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Winner | 21. | 1979 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Ross Case | John James Chris Kachel |
7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 22. | 1980 | Dayton, US | Carpet | Wojtek Fibak | Fritz Buehning Fred McNair |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 23. | 1980 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | Rod Frawley | Paul McNamee Sherwood Stewart |
6–2, 4–6, 11–9 |
Post-tennis playing career
Masters can be heard calling Australian Open matches for television.
References
External links
- Geoff Masters at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Geoff Masters at the Davis Cup
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