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Country (sports)
  
Australia

French Open
  
2R (1977)

Weight
  
86 kg

Career record
  
252–238 (51.3%)

Name
  
Mark Edmondson

Grand slams won (singles)
  
1

Career titles
  
6

Role
  
Tennis player

Highest ranking
  
15

Australian Open
  
W (1976)

Height
  
1.85 m


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Plays
  
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

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Mark Edmondson (sometimes mistakenly spelt Edmundson) (born June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

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Edmondson is best remembered for winning the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, still the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open.

Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Australien ATP Tennis Memories 80s

Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982, which took him to a career-high singles ranking of #15. He enjoyed more success as a doubles player, winning 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.

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Mark Edmondson


Grand Slam record

Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Overview ATP World Tour Tennis

  • Australian Open
  • Singles champion: 1976
  • Singles semifinalist: 1981
  • Doubles champion: 1980, 1981 (with Kim Warwick), 1983 (with Paul McNamee), 1984 (with Sherwood Stewart)
  • Doubles finalist: 1985 (with Kim Warwick)
  • French Open
  • Doubles champion: 1985 (with Kim Warwick)
  • Doubles finalist: 1983 (with Sherwood Stewart)
  • Mixed doubles finalist: 1986 (with Rosalyn Fairbank)
  • Wimbledon
  • Singles semifinalist: 1982
  • Mixed doubles finalist: 1980 (with Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat)
  • Grand Slam singles performance timeline

    Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson last Australian to win Australian Open 40 year

    NH = tournament not held.
    A = did not participate in the tournament.


    Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson last Australian to win Australian Open 40 year

    References

    Mark Edmondson Wikipedia