Tony Mottram

Anthony John Mottram (8 June 1920 – 6 October 2016) was a British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.[2] Mottram reached the quarterfinal of the 1948 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Gardnar Mulloy.[1] In the doubles event he reached the final of the 1947 Wimbledon Championships with Bill Sidwell in which they were defeated by the first-seeded team of Jack Kramer and Bob Falkenburg.[1] He reached the French Open's fourth round in both 1947 and 1948, and the third round of the 1951 US Open.[3]

Tony Mottram
Full nameAnthony John Mottram
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1920-06-08)8 June 1920
Coventry, England
Died6 October 2016(2016-10-06) (aged 96)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open4R (1947, 1948)
WimbledonQF (1948)
US Open3R (1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonF (1947)[1]
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
WimbledonQF (1946, 1948, 1949)[1]

Mottram was born in Coventry, then Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England.[2] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 June 1955.[4] The All England Lawn Tennis Club elected him an Honorary Member in 1957.[3] Mottram died on 6 October 2016 at the age of 96.[3]

Personal life

In 1949 he married Joy Gannon who was also a tennis player, as were their children Buster Mottram and Linda Mottram.[5][6] In 1957 he published a book with his wife titled Modern Lawn Tennis.[7]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1947WimbledonGrass Bill Sidwell Bob Falkenburg
Jack Kramer		6–8, 3–6, 3–6

Bibliography
  • — (1971). Play Better Tennis. S.Paul [sic]. ISBN 978-0091072018.
  • — (1975). Tackle Tennis. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0091247607.
  • — (1980). Skills and Tactics of Tennis. Arco. ISBN 978-0668048422.

References
  1. "Wimbledon players archive – Tony Mottram". AELTC.
  2. "Player profile - Tony MOTTRAM (GBR)". Davis Cup. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. "Obituary: Tony Mottram". International Tennis Federation. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Tony Mottram". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. "Tony Mottram reached Wimbledon doubles final with Australian Bill Sidwell". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 October 2016.
  6. Alan Jewell (25 November 2015). "Davis Cup final: Buster Mottram & story of Britain's 1978 campaign". BBC Sport.
  7. "Catalogue". National Library of Australia.


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