Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson (born June 1954[1] in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

For the former Salford, Sydney Roosters and St Helens rugby league player, see Mark Edmondson (rugby league).

Mark Edmondson
Country (sports) Australia
BornJune 1954 (age 66)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record252–240 (51.21%)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 15 (17 May 1982)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenW (1976)
French Open2R (1977)
WimbledonSF (1982)
US Open3R (1977, 1981, 1983)
Doubles
Career record507–259
Career titles34
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
French OpenW (1985)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1983)

Edmondson won the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, and remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973.[2] He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open.[3]

Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982, which took him to a career-high singles ranking of #15. As a doubles player, he won 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.

Grand Slam performance

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament1975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987
Australian Open 2R W QF A 2R QF 3R SF 1R 3R 2R 1R NH 3R
French Open A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A
Wimbledon 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R SF 3R 3R 1R 1R A
US Open A 1R 3R 1R 1R A 3R 2R 3R A A A A

NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.

Singles, 1 (1 win)
Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1976Australian OpenGrass John Newcombe6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1

Doubles, 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1980Australian Open (1/1)Grass Kim Warwick Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee		7–5, 6–4
Win1981Australian Open (2/2)Grass Kim Warwick Hank Pfister
John Sadri		6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win1983Australian Open (3/3)Grass Paul McNamee Steve Denton
Sherwood Stewart		6–3, 7–6
Loss1983French Open (0/1)Clay Sherwood Stewart Hans Simonsson
Anders Järryd		7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2
Win1984Australian Open (4/4)Grass Sherwood Stewart Joakim Nyström
Mats Wilander		6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Loss1985Australian Open (4/5)Grass Kim Warwick Paul Annacone
Christo van Rensburg		3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win1985French Open (1/2)Clay Kim Warwick Shlomo Glickstein
Hans Simonsson		6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3

Mixed Doubles 2 (2 losses)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1980Wimbledon (0/1)Grass Dianne Fromholtz Tracy Austin
John Austin		4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss1986French Open (0/1)Clay Rosalyn Fairbank Kathy Jordan
Ken Flach		3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Career finals

Singles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 1976 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass John Newcombe 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1
Win 2–0 1976 Brisbane, Australia Grass Phil Dent 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 1978 Brisbane, Australia Grass John Alexander 6–4, 7–6
Loss 3–1 1979 Hobart, Australia Grass Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–2 1979 Surbiton, England Grass Victor Amaya 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–2 1981 Adelaide, Australia Grass Brad Drewett 7–5, 6–2
Loss 4–3 1981 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Gianni Ocleppo 5–7, 1–6
Win 5–3 1981 Bristol, England Grass Roscoe Tanner 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win 6–3 1981 Brisbane, Australia Grass Chris Lewis 7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 6–4 1981 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet (i) Vincent Van Patten 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 6–5 1981 Hong Kong Hard Van Winitsky 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 1983 Las Vegas, United States Hard Jimmy Connors 6–7, 1–6

Doubles (34 titles, 34 runner-ups)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1975 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass John Marks Chris Kachel
Peter McNamara		 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1. 1976 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Clay John Marks John Andrews
Colin Dibley		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 1976 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass John Marks Syd Ball
Kim Warwick		 3–6, 6–7
Win 2. 1977 Båstad, Sweden Clay John Marks Jean-Louis Haillet
François Jauffret		 6–4, 6–0
Loss 3. 1978 Florence, Italy Clay John Marks Corrado Barazzutti
Adriano Panatta		 3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 3. 1978 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Tom Okker Bob Hewitt
Kim Warwick		 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 4. 1978 Båstad, Sweden Clay Bob Carmichael Péter Szőke
Balázs Taróczy		 7–5, 6–4
Loss 4. 1978 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Bob Carmichael Tom Okker
Balázs Taróczy		 6–7, 3–6
Loss 5. 1978 Stowe, United States Hard Kim Warwick Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson		 6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 6. 1978 Hartford, United States Carpet Van Winitsky John McEnroe
Bill Maze		 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 7. 1978 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) John Marks John Newcombe
Tony Roche		 4–6, 3–6
Win 5. 1978 Hong Kong Hard John Marks Hank Pfister
Brad Rowe		 5–7, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 8. 1978 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet John Marks Sherwood Stewart
Butch Walts		 2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 9. 1979 Hamburg, Germany Clay John Marks Jan Kodeš
Tomáš Šmíd		 3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win 6. 1979 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay John Marks Ion Ţiriac
Guillermo Vilas		 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 10. 1979 Båstad, Sweden Clay John Marks Heinz Günthardt
Bob Hewitt		 2–6, 2–6
Win 7. 1979 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet John Marks Pat DuPré
Robert Lutz		 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win 8. 1980 Rome, Italy Clay Kim Warwick Balázs Taróczy
Eliot Teltscher		 7–6, 7–6
Win 9. 1980 Surbiton, England Grass Kim Warwick Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts		 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Loss 11. 1980 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Kim Warwick Colin Dowdeswell
Ismail El Shafei		 4–6, 4–6
Win 10. 1980 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Kim Warwick Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee		 7–5, 6–4
Win 11. 1981 Houston, United States Clay Sherwood Stewart Anand Amritraj
Fred McNair		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 12. 1981 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Mike Estep Paul McNamee
Peter McNamara		 6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win 12. 1981 Båstad, Sweden Clay John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd
Hans Simonsson		 2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss 13. 1981 San Francisco, United States Carpet Sherwood Stewart Peter Fleming
John McEnroe		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 14. 1981 Brisbane, Australia Grass Mike Estep Rod Frawley
Chris Lewis		 5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win 13. 1981 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Kim Warwick Hank Pfister
John Sadri		 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win 14. 1982 Adelaide-2, Australia Grass Kim Warwick Andrew Jarrett
Jonathan Smith		 7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Win 15. 1982 Richmond WCT, United States Carpet Kim Warwick Syd Ball
Rolf Gehring		 6–4, 6–2
Win 16. 1982 Munich-2 WCT, Germany Carpet Tomáš Šmíd Kevin Curren
Steve Denton		 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 17. 1982 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Sherwood Stewart Fritz Buehning
Kevin Curren		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 15. 1982 Milan, Italy Carpet Sherwood Stewart Heinz Günthardt
Peter McNamara		 6–7, 6–7
Win 18. 1982 Frankfurt, Germany Carpet Steve Denton Tony Giammalva
Tim Mayotte		 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 16. 1982 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Sherwood Stewart Paul McNamee
Peter McNamara		 7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 17. 1982 Houston, United States Clay Peter McNamara Kevin Curren
Steve Denton		 5–7, 4–6
Win 19. 1982 Hilton Head WCT, United States Clay Rod Frawley Alan Waldman
Van Winitsky		 6–1, 7–5
Loss 18. 1982 Bristol, England Grass Kim Warwick Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson		 4–6, 6–7
Win 20. 1982 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Brian Teacher Andreas Maurer
Wolfgang Popp		 6–3, 6–1
Win 21. 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Kim Warwick Rod Frawley
Pavel Složil		 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 22. 1982 Toronto, Canada Hard Steve Denton John McEnroe
Peter Fleming		 6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 19. 1982 Cincinnati, United States Hard Steve Denton Peter Fleming
John McEnroe		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 20. 1982 Sawgrass Doubles, United States Clay Kim Warwick Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 W/O
Loss 21. 1982 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Steve Denton John McEnroe
Peter Rennert		 3–6, 6–7
Loss 22. 1983 Hamburg, Germany Clay Brian Gottfried Heinz Günthardt
Balázs Taróczy		 6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 23. 1983 French Open, Paris Clay Sherwood Stewart Anders Järryd
Hans Simonsson		 6–7, 4–6, 2–6
Win 23. 1983 North Conway, United States Clay Sherwood Stewart Eric Fromm
Drew Gitlin		 7–6, 6–1
Win 24. 1983 Indianapolis, United States Clay Sherwood Stewart Carlos Kirmayr
Cássio Motta		 6–3, 6–2
Loss 24. 1983 Brisbane, Australia Carpet Kim Warwick Pat Cash
Paul McNamee		 6–7, 6–7
Win 25. 1983 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Sherwood Stewart John McEnroe
Peter Rennert		 6–2, 6–4
Win 26. 1983 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Sherwood Stewart Steve Denton
John Fitzgerald		 6–1, 6–4
Win 27. 1983 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Paul McNamee Steve Denton
Sherwood Stewart		 6–3, 7–6
Win 28. 1984 Boca West, United States Hard Sherwood Stewart David Dowlen
Nduka Odizor		 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 25. 1984 Luxembourg Carpet Sherwood Stewart Anders Järryd
Tomáš Šmíd		 3–6, 5–7
Win 29. 1984 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Sherwood Stewart Jan Gunnarsson
Mats Wilander		 6–2, 6–1
Loss 26. 1984 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Sherwood Stewart Anders Järryd
Hans Simonsson		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 27. 1984 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Sherwood Stewart Tony Giammalva
Sammy Giammalva Jr.		 6–7, 4–6
Loss 28. 1984 Hong Kong Hard Paul McNamee Ken Flach
Robert Seguso		 7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Win 30. 1984 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Sherwood Stewart Joakim Nyström
Mats Wilander		 6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Win 31. 1985 Munich, Germany Clay Kim Warwick Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 29. 1985 Dallas, United States Carpet Sherwood Stewart Peter Fleming
John McEnroe		 3–6, 1–6
Win 32. 1985 French Open, Paris Clay Kim Warwick Shlomo Glickstein
Hans Simonsson		 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 30. 1985 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Brad Drewett Wojtek Fibak
Tomáš Šmíd		 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 31. 1985 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Kim Warwick John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 32. 1985 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Kim Warwick Paul Annacone
Christo van Rensburg		 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 33. 1985 Adelaide, Australia Grass Kim Warwick Nelson Aerts
Tomm Warneke		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 33. 1986 Rome, Italy Clay Sherwood Stewart Guy Forget
Yannick Noah		 6–7, 2–6
Loss 34. 1986 Bristol, England Grass Wally Masur Christo Steyn
Danie Visser		 7–6, 6–7, 10–12
Win 34. 1987 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Brad Drewett Peter Doohan
Laurie Warder		 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

References
  1. Sources do not show a specific consistent birth date – both 24 June 1954 and 28 June 1954 are indicated.
  2. Peter Stone (6 January 1976). "Boilover as cool Mark takes Open". The Age. p. 20.
  3. The Last Gasp of Australian Tennis’s Golden Era
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