Country (sports) Australia Name Bill Sidwell Handed Right-handed Retired 1951 | Plays Right-handed Height 1.75 m Residence Sydney, Australia Role Tennis player | |
Full name Oswald William Thomas Sidwell Born 16 April 1920 (age 104)
Goulburn, NSW ( 1920-04-16 ) Highest ranking No. 10 (1949, John Olliff) | ||
Australian Open SF (1948, 1949, 1950) | ||
Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (born 16 April 1920 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian former tennis player.
Sidwell reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, and also played in the Davis Cup in 1948 and 1949 where Australia lost to the United States both years in the Challenge Round. As a junior, he won the Australian Open boys' singles event in 1939. Sidwell is currently Treasurer of the Australian Veteran Golfers Association [AVGA] and is playing golf regularly in place of tennis.
He was ranked World No. 10 for 1949 by John Olliff.
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