Mark Edmondson

For the former Salford, Sydney Roosters and St Helens rugby league player, see Mark Edmondson (rugby league).

Mark Edmondson

Country	Australia
Born	24 June 1954 (1954-06-24) (age 57) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	251–238 (51.3%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	15 (17 May 1982)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (1976)
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	3R (1977, 1981, 1983)
Doubles
Career titles	34
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
French Open	W (1985)

Mark Edmondson (sometimes mistakenly spelled Edmundson) (born 24 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a former professional Australian male tennis player.

Edmondson is best remembered for his victory at the Australian Open in 1976, in which he was unseeded in the tournament and beat three-time Wimbledon champion John Newcombe.^[1] He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open. This win was particularly notable because he is the lowest-ranked winner of a major since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. He was ranked 212th at the time.^[2]

Eddo has won six career singles titles and 34 in doubles, including five major titles.

Grand Slam record

Australian Open

• Singles champion: 1976
• Doubles champion: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984
  • Doubles finalist: 1985

French Open

• Doubles champion: 1985
  • Doubles finalist: 1983

Singles titles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1
2.	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	John Alexander	6–4, 7–6
4.	1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
5.	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
6.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Chris Lewis	7–6, 3–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–4
2.	1979	Surbiton, England	Grass	Victor Amaya	6–4, 7–5
3.	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Gianni Ocleppo	7–5, 6–1
4.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Vincent Van Patten	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
5.	1981	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
6.	1983	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 6–1

Doubles titles (34)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Chris Kachel Peter McNamara	6–1, 6–1
2.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
3.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
4.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	John Marks	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Marks	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
7.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
8.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Kim Warwick	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
9.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
10.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
11.	1981	Houston, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	6–4, 6–3
12.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
15.	1982	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
16.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, Germany	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
17.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
18.	1982	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Steve Denton	Tony Giammalva Tim Mayotte	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
19.	1982	Hilton Head WCT, United States	Clay	Rod Frawley	Alan Waldman Van Winitsky	6–1, 7–5
20.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Brian Teacher	Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
21.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Kim Warwick	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
22.	1982	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Fleming	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
23.	1983	North Conway, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin	7–6, 7–6
24.	1983	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	7–6, 6–3
25.	1983	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–2, 6–4
26.	1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	6–1, 6–4
27.	1983	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
28.	1984	Boca West, United States	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
29.	1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1
30.	1984	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–4
31.	1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Kim Warwick	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
32.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Kim Warwick	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
33.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
34.	1987	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Runner-ups (34)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Clay	John Marks	John Andrews Colin Dibley	6–3, 7–5
2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–3, 7–6
3.	1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	John Marks	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
4.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–3
5.	1978	Stowe, United States	Hard	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
6.	1978	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Van Winitsky	John McEnroe Bill Maze	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
7.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John Marks	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–3
8.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
9.	1979	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	John Marks	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–1, 7–6
10.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	6–2, 6–2
11.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	6–4, 6–4
12.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Mike Estep	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
13.	1981	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–2
14.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Mike Estep	Rod Frawley Chris Lewis	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
15.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	7–6, 7–6
16.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
17.	1982	Houston, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–5, 6–4
18.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 7–6
19.	1982	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Steve Denton	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–3
20.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	Kim Warwick	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	W/O
21.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–3, 7–6
22.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 6–0
23.	1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	7–6, 6–4, 6–2
24.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	7–6, 7–6
25.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 7–5
26.	1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–4
27.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	7–6, 6–4
28.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Paul McNamee	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
29.	1985	Dallas, United States	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–1
30.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Brad Drewett	Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
31.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Kim Warwick	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–2
32.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
33.	1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	7–6, 6–2
34.	1986	Bristol, England	Grass	Wally Masur	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–7, 7–6, 12–10

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Australian Open	1R	W	QF	A	2R	QF	3R	SF	1R	3R	2R	1R	NH	3R
French Open	A	1R	2R		1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	2R	3R	2R		2R	1R	1R	2R	SF	3R	3R	1R	1R	A
US Open	A	1R	3R		1R	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A

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

References

1. ^ Boilover as cool Mark takes Open
2. ^ The Last Gasp of Australian Tennis’s Golden Era

External links

• Mark Edmondson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mark Edmondson at the International Tennis Federation

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Name	Edmondson, Mark
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Date of birth	24 June 1954
Place of birth	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
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