Ashley Cooper (tennis)

Ashley Cooper (tennis)

Ashley John Cooper AO (born September 15, 1936 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former tennis player from Australia, who was World No. 1 amateur in the late 1950s.

1958 was Cooper's big year where he became one of only nine men to date (2007) to win three of the four Grand Slam events in the same year - he won singles at the Australian, British, and American championships and was a semi-finalist at the French championship, losing to Luis Ayala 11-9, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 5-7.

The right-handed Cooper was the top-ranked player in both 1957, when he was a Wimbledon and Forest Hills finalist and Paris semi-finalist, and in 1958. Cooper was an Australian Davis Cup player as the team won the cup from '56 and '57, and finalists in '58. He turned professional in 1959.

Upon retiring as a player, Cooper has served as a tennis player development administrator with Tennis Queensland, where he has been based for forty years. He presently also sits on the Board of Directors for Tennis Australia.

Cooper was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.

In the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2007, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his service to tennis. [ [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1134654&search_type=quick&showInd=true It's an Honour] - Officer of the Order of Australia]

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (4)

Runner-ups (2)

References

External links

* [http://www.tennisfame.com/enshrinees/ashley_cooper.html International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee page for Cooper]


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