Pat O'Hara Wood
Full name | Hector O'Hara Wood |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born |
Melbourne, Australia | 30 April 1891
Died |
30 December 1961 70) Richmond, Australia | (aged
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 (1922Ch, 1923Ch, 1924Ch) |
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 | |
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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)
Mixed Doubles: 1 title
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Winner | 1922 | Wimbledon | Grass | Suzanne Lenglen | Elizabeth Ryan Randolph Lycett | 6–4, 6–3 | [12] |
References
- ↑ "Sports and Pastimes (Tennis: The Greatest Players)", Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 2 November 1922.
- ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ↑ James Grant, Perspectives of a Century (Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147-49.
- ↑ “Cricket—Trinity College Beats Ormond”, The Argus, 31 Mar. 1911, p. 4.
- ↑ "Family Notices.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1956) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 29 September 1923. p. 17.
- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 11 August 1923. p. 15 Edition: DAILY.
- 1 2 "Australian Open Results Archive / Men's Singles". Australian Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Australian Open Results Archive / Men's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Open Results Archive / 1920 Men's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- 1 2 "U.S. Open Past Champions / Men's Doubles". US Open official website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "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
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