Tony Mottram
| Full name | Anthony John Mottram |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom |
| Born |
8 June 1920 Coventry, England |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | 4R (1947, 1948) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1948) |
| US Open | 3R (1951) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1947)[1] |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1946, 1948, 1949)[1] |
Anthony "Tony" John Mottram (born 8 June 1920) is a British former tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.[2] Mottram reached the quarterfinal of the 1948 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Gardnar Mulloy. He is the father of tennis champion Buster Mottram.[1] In the doubles event he reached the final of the 1947 Wimbledon Championships with Bill Sidwell in which they were defeated by the first-seeded team of Jack Kramer and Bob Falkenburg.[1]
Mottram was born in Coventry, then Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England.[2] He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 June 1955.[3]
Bibliography
- — (1971). Play Better Tennis. S.Paul [sic]. ISBN 978-0091072018.
- — (1975). Tackle Tennis. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0091247607.
- — (1980). Skills and Tactics of Tennis. Arco. ISBN 978-0668048422.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Wimbledon players archive – Tony Mottram". AELTC.
- 1 2 "Player profile - Tony MOTTRAM (GBR)". Davis Cup. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Tony Mottram". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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