Kim Warwick

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Kim Warwick (born April 8, 1952 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian pro male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980. He defeated players such as John Fitzgerald and defending champion Guillermo Vilas, in a hard five-set semifinal, before losing in the final against American Brian Teacher in straight sets. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, Roland Garros 1986 and also a runner-up in Australian Open 1985 , all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong,he won the French Open 1972, defeating Francoise Durr and Jean Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Yvonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Nastase who won 6–4, 6–4.

Contents 1 Grand Slam singles finals 1.1 Runner-ups (1) 2 Singles titles (3) 2.1 Runner-ups (8) 3 Doubles titles (26) 3.1 Runner-ups (26)

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1980	Australian Open	Brian Teacher	5–7, 6–7, 2–6

[edit] Singles titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Bangalore, India	Clay	Sashi Menon	6–1, 6–2
2.	1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Bernard Mitton	7–5, 6–4
3.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Fritz Buehning	6–2, 6–1, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1972	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Alex Metreveli	6–3, 6–3, 7–6
2.	1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Onny Parun	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
3.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–1
4.	1978	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Ulrich Pinner	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
5.	1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Tim Wilkison	6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–2
6.	1980	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–1
7.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
8.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Brian Teacher	7–5, 7–6, 6–2

[edit] Doubles titles (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	Cedar Grove, U.S.	Other	Steve Siegel	Dick Crealy Bob Danis	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2.	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
3.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–3, 6–4
4.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Geoff Masters	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
5.	1977	Hong Kong	Hard	Syd Ball	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
6.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
7.	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Wojtek Fibak	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
8.	1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
9.	1980	Nice, France	Clay	Chris Delaney	Stanislav Birner Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–0
10.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
11.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15-13
12.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
15.	1982	Guarujá, Brazil	Clay	Phil Dent	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
16.	1982	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
17.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
18.	1983	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Brad Drewett	Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
19.	1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Wally Masur	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 6–4
20.	1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
21.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
22.	1985	Hong Kong	Hard	Brad Drewett	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
23.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
24.	1986	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
25.	1986	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Pat Cash Slobodan Živojinović	6–4, 6–4
26.	1987	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	2–6, 7–6, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	Omaha, U.S.	Other	Ian Fletcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	6–2, 6–4
2.	1974	Tempe, U.S.	Hard	Ian Fletcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
3.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Patrice Dominguez	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 7–6
4.	1975	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Allan Stone	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 7–6
5.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Syd Ball	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–1, 6–2
6.	1976	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Dick Crealy	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
7.	1976	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard	Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
8.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Cliff Letcher Dick Stockton	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
9.	1977	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Syd Ball	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3
10.	1977	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Phil Dent	Bob Hewitt Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
11.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson Tom Okker	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
12.	1978	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Mark Edmondson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
13.	1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Chris Delaney	Colin Dibley Gene Mayer	7–6, 7–5
14.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	6–4, 6–4
15.	1982	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Phil Dent	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–4, 6–4
16.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 7–6
17.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	W/O
18.	1982	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	Charles Buzz Strode Morris Skip Strode	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
19.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	7–6, 7–6
20.	1984	Toronto, Canada	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2
21.	1985	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	7–5, 7–5, 6–4
22.	1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–4
23.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Mark Edmondson	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–2
24.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
25.	1986	Wembley, England	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
26.	1988	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–4, 6–4