Full name John Basil Fitzgerald Career record 241–233 Weight 77 kg Country (sports) Australia Name John Fitzgerald Turned pro 1980 | Residence Melbourne, Australia Role Tennis player Retired 1997 Prize money $3,207,272 Height 1.83 m | |
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Born 28 December 1960 (age 63)
Cummins, Australia ( 1960-12-28 ) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Similar People Anders Jarryd, Tomas Smid, Elizabeth Smylie, John Alexander, Balazs Taroczy | ||
1983 davis cup final john fitzgerald vs joakim nystrom last 2 games
John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born 28 December 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.
Contents
- 1983 davis cup final john fitzgerald vs joakim nystrom last 2 games
- Bernard tomic and john fitzgerald press conference
- Playing career
- Post playing career
- Honours
- References
Bernard tomic and john fitzgerald press conference
Playing career
During his career, he won 6 top-level singles titles and 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles, and a career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open). He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986.
Post-playing career
Fitzgerald was formerly the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 2001 to 2010 before Patrick Rafter took over after Australia's World group playoff loss to Belgium.
Honours
Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993.
