Full name Rodney Wilfred Heath Australian Open W (1905, 1910) Role American football player Positions Cornerback | Name Rodney Heath Education University of Minnesota | |
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Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Highest ranking No. 8 (1911, Karoly Mazak) | ||
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Personal
Heath was the second son of F. W. Heath who was the official timekeeper at the Victorian Racing Club and Victorian Amateur Turf Club. In June 1915 Heath left Australia to join the Royal Flying Corps in England. He was promoted to the rank of major two years later. In 1916 Heath was injured when he crash-landed his plane after flying into a snowstorm en route from England to France.
Tennis career
Heath was the Men's Singles champion at the inaugural Australasian Championships in 1905 defeating Albert Curtis in four sets. He won again it five years later, in 1910, after a victory in the final against Horace Rice in three straight sets.
In 1911 he played in the Davis Cup challenge round in New Zealand against the United States and defeated William Larned in four sets.
In 1919 he reached the final of the Wimbledon Men's Doubles tournament with Randolph Lycett.