Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	June 1954 (age 61) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	252–238 (51.3%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 15 (17 May 1982)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1976)
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	3R (1977, 1981, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	507–258
Career titles	34
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
French Open	W (1985)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1983)

Mark Edmondson (sometimes mistakenly spelt Edmundson) (born June 1954^[1] in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

Edmondson is best remembered for winning the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, still the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973.^[2] He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open.^[3]

Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982, which took him to a career high singles ranking of #15. He enjoyed more success as a doubles player, winning 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.

Grand Slam Performance

Grand Slam Record

• Australian Open
  • Singles champion: 1976
  • Singles semifinalist: 1981
  • Doubles champion: 1980, 1981 (with Kim Warwick), 1983 (with Paul McNamee), 1984 (with Sherwood Stewart)
  • Doubles finalist: 1985 (with Kim Warwick)
• French Open
  • Doubles champion: 1985 (with Kim Warwick)
  • Doubles finalist: 1983 (with Sherwood Stewart)
  • Mixed doubles finalist: 1986 (with Rosalyn Fairbank)
• Wimbledon
  • Singles semifinalist: 1982
  • Mixed doubles finalist: 1980 (with Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat)

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.

Grand Slam Finals, 10 (6 wins, 4 losses)

Men's Singles, 1 (1 win)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1976	Australian Open	Grass	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1

Men's Doubles, 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)

Outcome	Year	Championship (Titles/Finals)	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1980	Australian Open (1/1)	Grass	Kim Warwick	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Winner	1981	Australian Open (2/2)	Grass	Kim Warwick	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	1983	Australian Open (3/3)	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Runner-Up	1983	French Open (0/1)	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Hans Simonsson Anders Järryd	7–6^(7-4), 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1984	Australian Open (4/4)	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-Up	1985	Australian Open (4/5)	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1985	French Open (1/2)	Clay	Kim Warwick	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3

Mixed Doubles Finals, 2 (2 losses)

Outcome	Year	Championship (Titles/Finals)	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-Up	1980	Wimbledon (0/1)	Grass	Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat	Tracy Austin John Austin	4–6, 7–6^(8-6), 6–3
Runner-Up	1986	French Open (0/1)	Clay	Rosalyn Fairbank	Kathy Jordan Ken Flach	3–6, 7–6^(7-3), 6–3

Singles titles (6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	John Alexander	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1979	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1979	Surbiton, England	Grass	Victor Amaya	4–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Gianni Ocleppo	5–7, 1–6
Winner	5.	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	6.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Chris Lewis	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Vincent Van Patten	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	1981	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1983	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 1–6

Doubles titles (34)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Chris Kachel Peter McNamara	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	1976	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Clay	John Marks	John Andrews Colin Dibley	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	John Marks	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	1978	Stowe, United States	Hard	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1978	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Van Winitsky	John McEnroe Bill Maze	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John Marks	John Newcombe Tony Roche	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	John Marks	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts	2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	1979	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	John Marks	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Winner	6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Marks	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	2–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Kim Warwick	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
Winner	9.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Runner-up	11.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Winner	11.	1981	Houston, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Mike Estep	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	12.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	13.	1981	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Mike Estep	Rod Frawley Chris Lewis	5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	15.	1982	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
Winner	16.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, Germany	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	17.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	15.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	6–7, 6–7
Winner	18.	1982	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Steve Denton	Tony Giammalva Tim Mayotte	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	1982	Houston, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 4–6
Winner	19.	1982	Hilton Head WCT, United States	Clay	Rod Frawley	Alan Waldman Van Winitsky	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	18.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–7
Winner	20.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Brian Teacher	Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
Winner	21.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Kim Warwick	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	22.	1982	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Fleming	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	19.	1982	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Steve Denton	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	Kim Warwick	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	W/O
Runner-up	21.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	22.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	23.	1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–7, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	23.	1983	North Conway, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin	7–6, 6–1
Winner	24.	1983	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	24.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–7
Winner	25.	1983	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–2, 6–4
Winner	26.	1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	6–1, 6–4
Winner	27.	1983	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Winner	28.	1984	Boca West, United States	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	25.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 5–7
Winner	29.	1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	26.	1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	28.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Paul McNamee	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	30.	1984	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	31.	1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Kim Warwick	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	29.	1985	Dallas, United States	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 1–6
Winner	32.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Kim Warwick	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	30.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Brad Drewett	Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	31.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Kim Warwick	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	32.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	33.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	33.	1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	34.	1986	Bristol, England	Grass	Wally Masur	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	7–6, 6–7, 10–12
Winner	34.	1987	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

References

1. Sources do not show a specific consistent birth date – both 24 June 1954 and 28 June 1954 are indicated.
2. Boilover as cool Mark takes Open
3. 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