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Neale Fraser was an Australian male tennis player born in St Kilda on October 3, 1933. A left-handed athlete, he represented Australia in international competition, including service on the Australia Davis Cup team. His professional career spanned until 1977, during which he compiled a singles record of 123–48 and a doubles record of 20–16. He spoke English and resided in Melbourne.
Fraser died in Melbourne on December 2, 2024. He was the sibling of John Fraser. His professional achievements included induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and receiving the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Neale Andrew Fraser
- Country sports
- Australia
- Residence
- Australia
- Born
- ( 1933-10-03 ) 3 October 1933, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
- Died
- 2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) (aged 91), Australia
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Plays
- Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1984 ( member page )
- Career record
- 697–227 (75.2%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1959, Lance Tingay )
- Australian open
- F ( 1957 , 1959 , 1960 )
- French open
- SF ( 1959 , 1962 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1960 )
- Us open
- W ( 1959 , 1960 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 1959 , 1960 , 1961 , 1962 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Australia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fraser
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- St Kilda
- Place of death
- Melbourne
- Sibling
- John Fraser
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Australia Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Image
- Neale Fraser 1956.jpg
- Height
- 1.85
- Residence
- Melbourne
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1933-10-03
- handedness
- left-handedness
- playing hand
- left-handedness
- singles record
- 123–48
- doubles record
- 20–16
- Commons category
- Neale Fraser
- end of work period
- 1977-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-12-02
- name in native language
- Neale Fraser
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Encyclopedic overview
Neale Andrew Fraser, AO MBE (3 October 1933 – 2 December 2024) was an Australian champion tennis player. Fraser is the most recent man to have completed the triple crown (i.e. having won the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles at a Grand Slam tournament), which he did in 1959 and 1960 at the U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open). He won the 1960 Wimbledon championships. Fraser was ranked world No. 1 amateur tennis player in 1959 and 1960 by Lance Tingay and Ned Potter.
After his playing days were over, he was the non-playing captain of Australia's Davis Cup team for a record 24 years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neale Fraser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.