Mark Edmondson

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Mark Edmondson (born June 24, 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) was a professional Australian male tennis player.

He is best remembered for his victory at the Australian Open in 1976, in which he was noted for wearing a pair of Dunlop Volleys. He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open. This win was particularly notable because he is the lowest-ranked winner of a major since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. He was ranked 212th at the time. [1] Eddo has won six career singles titles and 34 in doubles, including five major titles.

1 Grand Slam record
- 1.1 Australian Open
- 1.2 French Open
2 Singles titles (6)
- 2.1 Runner-ups (6)
3 Doubles titles (34)
- 3.1 Runner-ups (34)

[edit] Grand Slam record

[edit] Australian Open

Singles champion: 1976
Doubles champion: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984
- Doubles finalist: 1985

[edit] French Open

Doubles champion: 1985
- Doubles finalist: 1983

[edit] Singles titles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1
2.	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	John Alexander	6–4, 7–6
4.	1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
5.	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
6.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Chris Lewis	7–6, 3–6, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–4
2.	1979	Surbiton, England	Grass	Victor Amaya	6–4, 7–5
3.	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Gianni Ocleppo	7–5, 6–1
4.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Vincent Van Patten	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
5.	1981	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
6.	1983	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 6–1

[edit] Doubles titles (34)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Chris Kachel Peter McNamara	6–1, 6–1
2.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
3.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
4.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Peter Szoke Balazs Taroczy	7–5, 6–4
5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	John Marks	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Marks	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
7.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
8.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Kim Warwick	Balazs Taroczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
9.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15-13
10.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
11.	1981	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	6–4, 6–3
12.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
15.	1982	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
16.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, Germany	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
17.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
18.	1982	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Steve Denton	Tony Giammalva Tim Mayotte	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
19.	1982	Hilton Head WCT, U.S.	Clay	Rod Frawley	Alan Waldman Van Winitsky	6–1, 7–5
20.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Brian Teacher	Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
21.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Kim Warwick	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
22.	1982	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Fleming	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
23.	1983	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin	7–6, 7–6
24.	1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	7–6, 6–3
25.	1983	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–2, 6–4
26.	1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	6–1, 6–4
27.	1983	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
28.	1984	Boca West, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
29.	1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1
30.	1984	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–4
31.	1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Kim Warwick	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
32.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Kim Warwick	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
33.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
34.	1987	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (34)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Clay	John Marks	John Andrews Colin Dibley	6–3, 7–5
2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–3, 7–6
3.	1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	John Marks	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
4.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Balazs Taroczy	7–6, 6–3
5.	1978	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
6.	1978	Hartford, U.S.	Carpet	Van Winitsky	John McEnroe Bill Maze	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
7.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John Marks	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–3
8.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
9.	1979	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	John Marks	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–1, 7–6
10.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	6–2, 6–2
11.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	6–4, 6–4
12.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Mike Estep	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
13.	1981	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–2
14.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Mike Estep	Rod Frawley Chris Lewis	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
15.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	7–6, 7–6
16.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
17.	1982	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Peter McNamara	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–5, 6–4
18.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 7–6
19.	1982	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Steve Denton	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–3
20.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Kim Warwick	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	W/O
21.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–3, 7–6
22.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Heinz Günthardt Balazs Taroczy	6–1, 6–0
23.	1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	7–6, 6–4, 6–2
24.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	7–6, 7–6
25.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 7–5
26.	1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–4
27.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	7–6, 6–4
28.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Paul McNamee	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
29.	1985	Dallas, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–1
30.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Brad Drewett	Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
31.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Kim Warwick	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–2
32.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
33.	1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	7–6, 6–2
34.	1986	Bristol, England	Grass	Wally Masur	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–7, 7–6, 12-10