John Fitzgerald (tennis)

John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born 28 December 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.

John Fitzgerald

Full name	John Basil Fitzgerald
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria
Born	(1960-12-28) 28 December 1960 Cummins, South Australia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,207,272
Singles
Career record	240–231
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 25 (11 July 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1983)
French Open	2R (1983, 1986)
Wimbledon	4R (1981, 1986, 1989)
US Open	3R (1984)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	498–287
Career titles	30
Highest ranking	No. 1 (8 July 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1982)
French Open	W (1986, 1991)
Wimbledon	W (1989, 1991)
US Open	W (1984, 1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1991)
Olympic Games	2R (1988, 1992)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1991)
US Open	W (1983)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1983, 1986)

Playing career

Further information: John Fitzgerald career statistics

During his career, he won 6 top-tier singles titles and 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles. He also achieved the career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open). He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991, teaming up with Anders Järryd to win three out of the four Grand Slam doubles titles that year. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986.[1]

Post-playing career

Fitzgerald was formerly the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 2001 to 2010 before Patrick Rafter took over after Australia's World group playoff loss to Belgium.[1]

Honours

Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993. On Australia Day in 2020, John was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1982	Australian Open	Grass	John Alexander	Andy Andrews John Sadri	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win	1984	US Open	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Pat Cash	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	1986	French Open	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
Loss	1988	French Open	Clay	Anders Järryd	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	1991	French Open	Clay	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–0, 7–6
Win	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Win	1991	US Open	Hard	Anders Järryd	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1993	Australian Open	Hard	Anders Järryd	Danie Visser Laurie Warder	4–6, 3–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1983	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Sayers	Barbara Potter Ferdi Taygan	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1984	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Sayers	Manuela Maleeva Tom Gullikson	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Paul McNamee	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	1985	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Zina Garrison Rick Leach	5–7, 2–6
Win	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Natasha Zvereva Jim Pugh	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

References

1. "Profiles: John Fitzgerald". Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

External links

• John Fitzgerald at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• John Fitzgerald at the International Tennis Federation
• John Fitzgerald at the Davis Cup