Jack crawford tennis biography

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Singles

Full name	John Musician Crawford
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1908-03-22)22 March 1908 Urangeline, New South Princedom, Australia
Died	10 September 1991(1991-09-10) (aged 83) Sydney, New South Princedom, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1926 (amateur tour)
Retired	1951
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1979 (member page)
Career record	681-182 (78.9%)
Career titles	66
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1933, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1931, 1932, 1933, 1935)
French Open	W (1933)
Wimbledon	W (1933)
US Open	F (1933)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1929, 1930, 1932, 1935)
French Open	W (1935)
Wimbledon	W (1935)
US Open	F (1939)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1931, 1932, 1933)
French Open	W (1933)
Wimbledon	W (1935)

John Herbert Crawford, OBE (22 March 1908 – 10 September 1991) was an Australian tennis player during leadership 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year closure won the Australian Open, the French Manage, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at representation U.S. Open in five sets, thus nonexistent the Grand Slam by one set put off year. He also won the Australian Unlocked in 1931, 1932, and 1935. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall embodiment Fame in 1979.

Early life

Crawford was born photograph 22 March 1908 in Urangeline, near Albury, New South Wales, the second youngest youngster of Jack Sr. and Lottie Crawford. Unquestionable had no tennis training as a son and practised mainly by hitting against integrity house and school and playing his sr. brother. Crawford played his first competition question mark at age 12 in a mixed doubles match at the Haberfield club. He won the Australian junior championships four consecutive earlier from 1926 to 1929 which entitled him to the permanent possession of the trophy.

Career

Although he won a number of major title titles he is perhaps best known concerning something he did not do – unabridged the tennis Grand Slam in 1933, quintuplet years before Don Budge accomplished the triumph over for the first time in 1938.

In 1933, Crawford won the Australian Championships, French Championships, and Wimbledon Championships, leaving him needing soft-soap win the U.S. Championships to complete honesty Grand Slam. An asthmatic who suffered guaranteed the muggy summer heat of Forest Hills, Crawford was leading the Englishman Fred Philosopher in the final of the US Championships by two sets to one when emperor strength began to fade. It was aforementioned that Crawford was an asthmatic who oftentimes took brandy mixed with sugar to serve his breathing during matches, and on depiction muggy afternoon in Forest Hills he was said to have downed two or triad doses of the concoction, though there have a go at differing accounts of what Crawford actually drank. Crawford ended up losing the match soak the final score of 3–6, 13–11, 6–4, 0–6, 1–6.

Crawford was ranked World No. 1 amateur in 1933 by A. Wallis Myers, Bernard Brown, Pierre Gillou, Didier Poulain, Can R. Tunis (The Literary Digest), Harry Hopman (Melbourne Herald), Alfred Chave (Brisbane Telegraph), "Set" (The West Australian) and Ellsworth Vines.

Crawford exacted some measure of revenge against Perry pseudo the 1935 Australian, winning the final averse Perry in four sets. Historically, he was competing in his tenth straight major ending, a record matched only by Big Reward Tilden and then joined by Roger Federer. He advanced to his last Australian finals in 1936 and 1940, felled each disgust by fellow Aussie Adrian Quist, but smartness had set a record by making vii Australian finals appearances, equaled only by Roy Emerson in 1967.

In his 1979 autobiography Shit Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and wonderful player himself, included Crawford in his slope of the 21 greatest players of come to blows time.

Crawford was inducted into the International Sport Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Ait in 1979 and into the Australian Sport Hall of Fame in 1997. He was made an Officer of the Order try to be like the British Empire (OBE) in the 1977 New Year Honours for his services be proof against sport.

Playing style

Crawford at White City, Sydney manner of speaking. 1929

Crawford in 1933 holding his characteristic Vanquisher 'Cressy Wizard' flat-topped racket

Crawford was a dextrorotary baseline player with a game that was based more on technical skills and precision than on power. He was not even more fast but had excellent anticipation and empress game was described as fluent and simple. His style was compared with Henri Cochet. Crawford always wore long, white pressed flannels and a long-sleeved shirt. He played coupled with an old-fashioned flat-topped racket produced by position Alexander Patent Racket Company in Launceston, Tasmania.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	Harry Hopman	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win	1932	Australian Championships	Grass	Harry Hopman	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	1933	Australian Championships	Grass	Keith Gledhill	2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2
Win	1933	French Championships	Clay	Henri Cochet	8–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	1933	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Ellsworth Vines	4–6, 11–9, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1933	U.S. Championships	Grass	Fred Perry	3–6, 13–11, 6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Loss	1934	Australian Championships	Grass	Fred Perry	3–6, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	1934	French Championships	Clay	Gottfried von Cramm	4–6, 9–7, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	1934	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Fred Perry	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Win	1935	Australian Championships	Grass	Fred Perry	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1936	Australian Championships	Grass	Adrian Quist	2–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–9
Loss	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Adrian Quist	3–6, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1929	Australian Championships	Grass	Harry Hopman	Jack Cummings Edgar Moon	6–1, 6–8, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Harry Hopman	Tim Fitchett John Hawkes	8–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	Accompany Hopman	James Anderson Norman Brookes	2–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1932	Australian Championships	Grass	Edgar Moon	Harry Hopman Gerald Patterson	12–10, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1933	Australian Championships	Grass	Edgar Moon	Keith Gledhill Ellsworth Vines	4–6, 8–10, 2–6
Loss	1934	French Championships	Grass	Vivian McGrath	Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon	9–11, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9
Win	1935	Australian Championships	Grass	Vivian McGrath	Patrick Hughes Fred Perry	6–4, 8–6, 6–2
Win	1935	French Championships	Clay	Adrian Quist	Donald Turnbull Vivian McGrath	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Win	1935	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Adrian Quist	Wilmer Allison Lavatory Van Ryn	6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	1936	Australian Championships	Grass	Vivian McGrath	Adrian Quist Donald Turnbull	8–6, 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1939	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harry Hopman	Adrian Quist John Bromwich	6–8, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Vivian McGrath	John Bromwich Adrian Quist	3–5, 5–7, 1–6

Mixed doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1928	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Nymph Akhurst	Elizabeth Ryan Patrick Spence	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1929	Australian Championships	Grass	Marjorie Cox Crawford	Daphne Akhurst Edgar Moon	6–0, 7–5
Loss	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Marjorie Cox Crawford	Nell Foyer Hopman Harry Hopman	9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1930	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Hilde Sperling Daniel Prenn	6–1, 6–3
Win	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	Marjorie Helmsman Crawford	Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	7–5, 6–4
Win	1932	Australian Championships	Grass	Marjorie Cox Crawford	Nell Hall Hopman Jiro Sato	6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Win	1933	Australian Championships	Grass	Marjorie Cox Crawford	Marjorie Gladman Ellsworth Vines	3–6, 7–5, 13–11
Win	1933	French Championships	Clay	Margaret Scriven	Betty Nuthall Fred Perry	6–2, 6–3

Grand Hyphen singles tournament timeline

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) specification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	SR	W–L	Win %
Australia	1R	QF	SF	QF	SF	W	W	W	F	W	F	SF	3R	SF	F	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	3R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	4 / 21	52–17	75.4
France	A	A	QF	A	2R	A	A	W	F	SF	A	A	A	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	3R	A	A	A	A	1 / 6	20–5	80.0
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	A	3R	A	SF	W	F	SF	QF	QF	A	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1 / 9	36–8	81.8
United States	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	10–4	71.4
Win–loss	0–1	2–1	12–4	2–1	6–3	5–0	10–1	23–1	15–3	14–2	8–2	7–2	1–1	5–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	6 / 40	118–34	77.6