Full name | Hector O'Hara Wood |
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Country | Australia |
Born | Melbourne, Australia |
30 April 1891
Died | 30 December 1961 Richmond, Australia |
(aged 70)
Turned pro | 1913 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1929 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (1922, A. Wallis Myers)[1] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1920, 1923) |
Wimbledon | QF (1919, 1922) |
US Open | 4R (1922) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1919, 1920, 1923, 1925) |
Wimbledon | W (1919) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1922) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (1922Ch, 1923Ch, 1924Ch) |
Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.
O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian championships in 1920 and 1923.[2] He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond. His brother Arthur O'Hara Wood was a tennis player too and won the Australasian championships in 1914.
After attending Melbourne Grammar School, he entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1911, where he excelled at cricket as well as Tennis,[3] leading the Trinity College team to a memorable victory against Ormond College in March 1911, where he made 167 not out.[4]
On 3 August 1923 he married Australian tennis player Meryl O'Hara Wood (née Waxman).[5][6]
Contents
Grand Slams finals
Singles
Titles (2)
Year | Championship | Opponent | Score |
1920 | Australian Championships | Ronald Thomas | 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3 |
1923 | Australian Championships | Bert St. John | 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles
Titles (5)
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1919 | Australasian Championships | Ronald Thomas | James Anderson Arthur Lowe |
7–5, 6–1, 7–9, 3–6, 6–3 |
1919 | Wimbledon Championships | Ronald Thomas | Rodney Heath Randolph Lycett |
6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
1920 | Australasian Championships | Ronald Thomas | Horace Rice Ray Taylor |
6–1, 6–0, 7–5 |
1923 | Australasian Championships | Bert St. John | Dudley Bullough Horace Rice |
6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 |
1925 | Australasian Championships | Gerald Patterson | James Anderson Fred Kalms |
6–4, 8–6, 7–5 |
References
- ^ "Sports and Pastimes (Tennis: The Greatest Players)", Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 2 November 1922.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ James Grant, Perspectives of a Century (Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147-49.
- ^ “Cricket—Trinity College Beats Ormond”, The Argus, 31 Mar. 1911, p. 4.
- ^ "Family Notices.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1956) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 29 September 1923. p. 17.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 11 August 1923. p. 15 Edition: DAILY.
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