Mal Anderson

Malcolm "Mal" J. Anderson (born 3 March 1935 in Theodore, near Rockhampton in Queensland) was a top-ranking Australian tennis player from the middle 1950s to the early 1970s.

A right-hander, Anderson started playing tennis when he was 8 and became serious about the sport at 16. His two best seasons statistics-wise were 1957 and 1958 when as an amateur he twice achieved a ranking of World No. 2.

In '57 Anderson won the U.S. National Singles Championship as an unseeded player. He also that year reached the semi-finals of the Australian National Singles Championship and won the French National Doubles Championship, partnering with Ashley Cooper, the man he defeated at Forest Hills.

In '58, Anderson was a finalist at both the Forest Hills and Kooyong, losing both times to Cooper. From 1959, Anderson played professional tennis, winning Wembley in 1959. He did not appear in another major final until 1972 when at age 36 he was a finalist at the Australian Open. In '73 he captured the doubles title at Kooyong as partner of John Newcombe.

Anderson played on four Australian Davis Cup teams 1954, 1957, 1958, and 1973, the team winning twice ('57 and '73). He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.

Grand Slam record

Australian Championships/Open

• Singles runner-up: 1958, 1972
• Men's doubles champion: 1973
• Men's doubles runner-up: 1957
• Mixed doubles champion: 1957

French Championships

• Men's Doubles champion: 1957

Wimbledon Championships

• Singles quarterfinalist: 1956, 1958

U.S. Championships

• Singles champion: 1957
• Singles runner-up: 1958

Grand Slam finals (8)

Singles (4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1957	US Championships (1/1)	Grass	Ashley Cooper	10–8, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1958	Australian Championships (1/1)	Grass	Ashley Cooper	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1958	US Championships (2/1)	Grass	Ashley Cooper	6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6
Runner-up	1972	Australian Open (2/2)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	7–6(2), 6–3, 7–5

Men's doubles (3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1957	Australian Championships (1/1)	Grass	Ashley Cooper	Lew Hoad Neale Fraser	6–3, 8–6, 6–4
Winner	1957	French Championships (1/1)	Grass	Ashley Cooper	Don Candy Mervyn Rose	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Winner	1973	Australian Open (2/1)	Grass	John Newcombe	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 7–6

Mixed doubles (1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1957	Australian Championships (1/1)	Grass	Fay Muller	J. Langley Billy Knight	7–5, 3–6, 6–1

External links

• International Tennis Hall of Fame

Persondata
Name	Anderson, Mal
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1935
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death