Owen Davidson

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Owen Davidson (born October 4, 1943 in Melbourne) was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Partnering Billie Jean King, he managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. Davidson was one of very few to win a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships all in the same year-1967. at the Australian Championships, he teamed with Lesley Turner Bowrey and with King to win the other three grand slams. His best grand slam singles result was at Wimbledon in 1966, when he reached the semifinals. He is also the 1972 Australian Open and the 1973 U.S. Open men's doubles champion, partnering John Newcombe and Ken Rosewall.

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[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

[edit] Wins (2)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
1972 Australian Open Flag of Australia Ken Rosewall Flag of Australia Ross Case
Flag of Australia Geoff Masters		 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
1973 U.S. Open[1] Flag of Australia John Newcombe Flag of Australia Rod Laver
Flag of Australia Ken Rosewall		 7–5, 2–6, 7–5, 7–5

[edit] Runner-ups (4)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
1966 Wimbledon Flag of Australia Bill Bowrey Flag of Australia Ken Fletcher
Flag of Australia John Newcombe		 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1967 Australian Championships Flag of Australia Bill Bowrey Flag of Australia John Newcombe
Flag of Australia Tony Roche		 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6
1967 U.S. Championships Flag of Australia Bill Bowrey Flag of Australia John Newcombe
Flag of Australia Tony Roche		 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
1972 U.S. Open (2) Flag of Australia John Newcombe Flag of South Africa Cliff Drysdale
Flag of the United Kingdom Roger Taylor		 6–4, 7–6, 6–3

[edit] Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

[edit] Wins (11)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
1965 Australian Championships Flag of Australia Robyn Ebbern Flag of Australia Margaret Court
Flag of Australia John Newcombe		 shared championship, final not played
1966 U.S. Championships Flag of the United States Donna Floyd Fales Flag of the United States Carol Hanks Aucamp
Flag of the United States Ed Rubinoff		 6–1, 6–3
1967 Australian Championships (2) Flag of Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey Flag of Australia Judy Tegart Dalton
Flag of Australia Tony Roche		 9–7, 6–4
1967 French Championships Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of the United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones
Flag of Romania Ion Ţiriac		 6–3, 6–1
1967 Wimbledon [2] Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of Brazil Maria Bueno
Flag of Australia Ken Fletcher		 7–5, 6–2
1967 U.S. Championships (2) Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of the United States Rosemary Casals
Flag of the United States Stan Smith		 6–3, 6–2
1971 Wimbledon (2) Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of Australia Margaret Smith Court
Flag of the United States Marty Riessen		 3–6, 6–2, 15-13
1971 U.S. Open (3) Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of France Rob Maud
Flag of the Netherlands Betty Stöve		 6–3, 7–5
1973 Wimbledon (3) Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of the United States Janet Newberry
Flag of Mexico Raúl Ramírez		 6–3, 6–2
1973 U.S. Open (4) Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of Australia Margaret Smith Court
Flag of the United States Marty Riessen		 6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1974 Wimbledon (4) Flag of the United States Billie Jean King Flag of the United Kingdom Lesley Charles
Flag of the United Kingdom Mark Farrell		 6–3, 9–7

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
1968 French Open Flag of the United States Billy Jean King Flag of France Françoise Durr
Flag of France Jean Claude Barclay		 6–1, 6–4

[edit] References

  1. ^ The US Open 2006 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM - History & Records
  2. ^ The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM

[edit] External links