Kim Warwick

Kim Warwick

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Clearwater, Florida, USA
Born	8 April 1952 Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1970
Retired	1987 (brief comeback in 1996)
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$994,045
Singles
Career record	268–253
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 15 (12 October 1981)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	F (1980)
French Open	2R (1977, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	4R (1977)
US Open	QF (1982)
Doubles
Career record	449–289
Career titles	26
Highest ranking	No. 10 (9 December 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1978, 1980, 1981)
French Open	W (1985)
Wimbledon	QF (1977, 1982)
US Open	SF (1977)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1972, 1976)
Wimbledon	F (1972)

Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is a Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987 reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980.^[1] He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top 10 including Guillermo Vilas, Raul Ramerez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was World No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, Roland Garros 1986 and also a runner-up in Australian Open 1985, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won 6–4, 6–4.

Kim also was a member of the winning team of World Team Tennis in 1975 (Pittsburgh Triangles) and 1986 (San Antonio Racquets). Warwick also holds the record for the most match points missed in a losing effort, having held 11 chances to defeat eventual champion Adriano Panatta in the Rome Masters in 1976.^[2]

Kim's best record is his streak of 21 consecutive Grand Slam appearances. His streak began in 1975, and did not end until 1980. His record would later be surpassed by Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg, who would run it out to 54 consecutive slam appearances.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1980	Australian Open[1]	Grass	Brian Teacher	5–7, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6

Doubles (3 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Wojciech Fibak	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
Winner	1980	Australian Open	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Winner	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3

Mixed Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1972	French Open	Clay	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Françoise Dürr Jean-Claude Barclay	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Rosemary Casals Ilie Năstase	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1976	French Open	Clay	Ilana Kloss	Linky Boshoff Colin Dowdeswell	5–7, 7–6, 6–2

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1972	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Alex Metreveli	3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Onny Parun	3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1976	Bangalore, India	Clay	Sashi Menon	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	1978	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Ulrich Pinner	2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Tim Wilkison	3–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	2.	1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Bernard Mitton	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1980	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	John McEnroe	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Fritz Buehning	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Brian Teacher	5–7, 6–7, 2–6

Doubles (26 titles, 26 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1974	Omaha, U.S.	Other	Ian Fletcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1974	Tempe, U.S.	Hard	Ian Fletcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	1974	Cedar Grove, U.S.	Other	Steve Siegel	Dick Crealy Bob Tanis	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Patrice Dominguez	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	1975	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Allan Stone	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Syd Ball	Ross Case Geoff Masters	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	1976	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Dick Crealy	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	2.	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1976	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard	Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Cliff Letcher Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1977	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Syd Ball	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	1977	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Phil Dent	Bob Hewitt Karl Meiler	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Geoff Masters	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
Winner	5.	1977	Hong Kong	Hard	Syd Ball	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
Winner	6.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson Tom Okker	4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	1978	Stowe, United States	Hard	Mark Edmondson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	7.	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Wojtek Fibak	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
Winner	8.	1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Chris Delaney	Colin Dibley Gene Mayer	6–7, 5–7
Winner	9.	1980	Nice, France	Clay	Chris Delaney	Stanislav Birner Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–0
Winner	10.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
Winner	11.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Runner-up	14.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Winner	13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	15.	1982	Guarujá, Brazil	Clay	Phil Dent	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	1982	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Phil Dent	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	1982	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–7
Winner	17.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up	17.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	W/O
Runner-up	18.	1982	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	Charles Buzz Strode Morris Skip Strode	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	18.	1983	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Brad Drewett	Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	19.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–7
Winner	19.	1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Wally Masur	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	1984	Toronto, Canada	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	21.	1985	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	5–7, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	20.	1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	21.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	23.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Mark Edmondson	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	1985	Hong Kong	Hard	Brad Drewett	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	24.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	23.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
Winner	24.	1986	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
Winner	25.	1986	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Pat Cash Slobodan Živojinović	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	25.	1986	Wembley, England	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Winner	26.	1987	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	26.	1988	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	4–6, 4–6

References

1. "1980 Australian Open results". atpworldtour.com.
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/22741065

External links

• Kim Warwick at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kim Warwick at the International Tennis Federation
• Kim Warwick at the Davis Cup