Pat O'Hara Wood

Pat O'Hara Wood

Full name	Hector O'Hara Wood
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	30 April 1891 Melbourne, Australia
Died	30 December 1961 (aged 70) Richmond, Australia
Turned pro	1913 (amateur tour)
Retired	1929
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1922, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1920, 1923)
Wimbledon	QF (1919, 1922)
US Open	4R (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1919, 1920, 1923, 1925) F (1924, 1926, 1927)
Wimbledon	W (1919) F (1922)
US Open	F (1922, 1924)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1922)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1922^Ch, 1923^Ch, 1924^Ch)

Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.

O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1920 and 1923.^[2] He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond, Australia. His brother Arthur O'Hara Wood was also an Australian tennis player and won the 1914 Australasian Championships.

After attending Melbourne Grammar School, he entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1911, where he excelled at cricket as well as Tennis,^[3] leading the Trinity College team to a memorable victory against Ormond College in March 1911, where he made 167 not out.^[4]

On 3 August 1923 he married Australian tennis player Meryl Waxman.^[5][6]

Grand Slams finals

Singles: 2 titles

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1920	Australasian Championships	Grass	Ronald Thomas	6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3	[7]
Winner	1923	Australasian Championships	Grass	Bert St. John	6–1, 6–1, 6–3	[7]

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1919	Australasian Championships	Grass	Ronald Thomas	James Anderson Arthur Lowe	7–5, 6–1, 7–9, 3–6, 6–3	[8]
Winner	1919	Wimbledon	Grass	Ronald Thomas	Rodney Heath Randolph Lycett	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2	[9]
Winner	1920	Australasian Championships	Grass	Ronald Thomas	Horace Rice Roy Taylor	6–1, 6–0, 7–5	[10]
Runner-up	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	Gerald Patterson	James Anderson Randolph Lycett	6–3, 9–7, 4–6, 3–6, 9–11	[9]
Runner-up	1922	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Gerald Patterson	Vincent Richards Bill Tilden	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6	[11]
Winner	1923	Australasian Championships	Grass	Bert St. John	Dudley Bullough Horace Rice	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0	[8]
Runner-up	1924	Australasian Championships	Grass	Gerald Patterson	James Anderson Norman Brookes	2–6, 4–6, 3–6	[8]
Runner-up	1924	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Gerald Patterson	Howard Kinsey Robert Kinsey	5–7, 7–5, 9–7, 3–6, 4–6	[11]
Winner	1925	Australasian Championships	Grass	Gerald Patterson	James Anderson Fred Kalms	6–4, 8–6, 7–5	[8]
Runner-up	1926	Australasian Championships	Grass	James Anderson	John Hawkes Gerald Patterson	1–6, 4–6, 2–6	[8]
Runner-up	1927	Australian Championships	Grass	Ian McInnes	John Hawkes Gerald Patterson	6–8, 2–6, 1–6	[8]

Mixed Doubles: 1 title

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	Suzanne Lenglen	Elizabeth Ryan Randolph Lycett	6–4, 6–3	[12]

References

1. "Sports and Pastimes (Tennis: The Greatest Players)", Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 2 November 1922.
2. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0942257700.
3. James Grant, Perspectives of a Century (Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147-49.
4. “Cricket—Trinity College Beats Ormond”, The Argus, 31 Mar. 1911, p. 4.
5. "Family Notices.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1956) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 29 September 1923. p. 17.
6. "LAWN TENNIS.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 11 August 1923. p. 15 Edition: DAILY.
7. "Australian Open Results Archive / Men's Singles". Australian Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
8. "Australian Open Results Archive / Men's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
9. "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
10. "Australian Open Results Archive / 1920 Men's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
11. "U.S. Open Past Champions / Men's Doubles". US Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
12. "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Mixed Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

External links

• ADB biography
• Pat O'Hara Wood at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Pat O'Hara Wood at the International Tennis Federation
• Pat O'Hara Wood at the Davis Cup