For other people named Henry Austin, see Henry Austin (disambiguation).
For Australian Army Brigadier "Bunny" Austin, see Maurice Austin.
Bunny Austin
Bunny Austin with his wife Phyllis Konstam in 1936
Full name
Henry Wilfred Austin
Country (sports)
Great Britain
Born
(1906-08-26)26 August 1906 London, England
Died
26 August 2000(2000-08-26) (aged 94) Coulsdon, London, England
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro
1926 (amateur tour)
Retired
1939
Plays
Right-handed (1-handed backhand)[1]
Int. Tennis HoF
1997 (member page)
Singles
Career record
455–108 (80.8%) [2]
Career titles
30 [2]
Highest ranking
No. 2 (1931, A. Wallis Myers)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
QF (1929)
French Open
F (1937)
Wimbledon
F (1932, 1938)
US Open
QF (1929)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon
SF (1926)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open
F (1931)
Wimbledon
F (1934)
US Open
F (1929)
Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin (26 August 1906 – 26 August 2000[4][5]) was an English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon, until Andy Murray did so in 2012. He was also a finalist at the 1937 French Championships and a championship winner at Queen's Club. Along with Fred Perry, he was a vital part of the British team that won the Davis Cup in three consecutive years (1933–35). He is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts.
^Peter Jackson (6 July 2012). "Andy Murray v Bunny Austin: Can Scot emulate 30s British great?". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ ab"Bunny Austin: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 424.
^Litsky, Frank (28 August 2000). "Bunny Austin, 94, a Pioneer in Tennis Shorts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^Gray, Michael (27 August 2000). "Obituary: Bunny Austin, British tennis player". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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