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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.
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Grand Slam record
- Singles runner-up: 1958, 1972
- Men's doubles champion: 1973
- Men's doubles runner-up: 1957
- Mixed doubles champion: 1957
- 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
French Championships men's doubles champions (1925) Jean Borotra / René Lacoste • (1926) Vincent Richards / Howard Kinsey • (1927) Henri Cochet / Jacques Brugnon • (1928) Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon • (1929) René Lacoste / Jean Borotra • (1930) Henri Cochet / Jacques Brugnon • (1931) George Lott / John Van Ryn • (1932) Henri Cochet / Jacques Brugnon • (1933) Pat Hughes / Fred Perry • (1934) Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon • (1935) Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist • (1936) Jean Borotra / Marcel Bernard • (1937) Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel • (1938) Bernard Destremau / Yvon Petra • (1939) Don McNeill / Charles Harris • (1940-1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Marcel Bernard / Yvon Petra • (1947) Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess • (1948) Lennart Bergelin / Jaroslav Drobný • (1949) Pancho Gonzales / Frank Parker • (1950) Bill Talbert / Tony Trabert • (1951) Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman • (1952) Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman • (1953) Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall • (1954) Vic Seixas / Tony Trabert • (1955) Vic Seixas / Tony Trabert • (1956) Don Candy / Bob Perry • (1957) Malcolm Anderson / Ashley Cooper • (1958) Ashley Cooper / Neale Fraser • (1959) Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola • (1960) Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser • (1961) Roy Emerson / Rod Laver • (1962) Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser • (1963) Roy Emerson / Manuel Santana • (1964) Roy Emerson / Ken Fletcher • (1965) Roy Emerson / Fred Stolle • (1966) Clark Graebner / Dennis Ralston • (1967) John Newcombe / Tony Roche
Australasian and Australian Championships mixed doubles champions (1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1923) Sylvia Lance Harper / Horrie Rice • (1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / John Willard • (1925) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / John Willard • (1926) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1927) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jean Borotra • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Edgar Moon • (1930) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1931) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1932) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1933) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1934) Joan Hartigan Bathurst / Edgar Moon • (1935) Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus • (1936) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1937) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1938) Margaret Wilson / John Bromwich • (1939) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1940) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1947) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1948) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1949) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1950) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1951) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1953) Julia Sampson / Rex Hartwig • (1954) Thelma Coyne Long / Rex Hartwig • (1955) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1956) Beryl Penrose / Neale Fraser • (1957) Fay Muller / Malcolm Anderson • (1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Bob Howe • (1959) Sandra Reynolds Price / Bob Mark • (1960) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Trevor Fancutt • (1961) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Bob Hewitt • (1962) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle • (1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1964) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1965) Robyn Ebbern / Owen Davidson • (1965) Margaret Court / John Newcombe • (1966) Judy Tegart Dalton / Tony Roche • (1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Owen Davidson • (1968) Billie Jean King / Dick Crealy
Australian Open men's doubles champions (1969) Rod Laver / Roy Emerson • (1970) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith • (1971) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1972) Ken Rosewall / Owen Davidson • (1973) John Newcombe / Malcolm Anderson • (1974) Ross Case / Geoff Masters • (1975) John Alexander / Phil Dent • (1976) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1977 (Jan)) Arthur Ashe / Tony Roche • (1977 (Dec)) Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone • (1978) Wojtek Fibak / Kim Warwick • (1979) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1980) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1981) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1982) John Alexander / John Fitzgerald • (1983) Mark Edmondson / Paul McNamee • (1984) Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart • (1985) Paul Annacone / Christo van Rensburg • (1987) Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd • (1988) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • (1989) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • ( 1990) Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser • (1991) Scott Davis / David Pate • (1992) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Danie Visser / Laurie Warder • (1994) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1995) Jared Palmer / Richey Reneberg • (1996) Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda • (1997) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1998) Jonas Björkman / Jacco Eltingh • (1999) Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter • (2000) Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach • (2001) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2002) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2003) Fabrice Santoro / Michaël Llodra • (2004) Fabrice Santoro / Michaël Llodra • (2005) Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett • (2006) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2007) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2008) Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram • (2009) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2010) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2011) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
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