(1920-05-10)10 May 1920 Johannesburg, South Africa
Died
14 January 2004(2004-01-14) (aged 83) Sunninghill, South Africa
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record
292–55 (84.15%)
Highest ranking
No. 6 (1948, John Olliff)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
SF (1950)
French Open
F (1947, 1951)
Wimbledon
SF (1951)
US Open
F (1948)
Doubles
Career record
0–1
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
F (1950)
French Open
W (1947)
Wimbledon
F (1951, 1952)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
F (1950)
French Open
W (1947, 1949)
Wimbledon
W (1949, 1950)
US Open
W (1949)
Eric William Sturgess (10 May 1920 – 14 January 2004) was a South African male tennis player and winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles. He also reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament three times but never won. Sturgess was ranked World No. 6 by John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph in both 1948 and 1949.[1][2]
^ abUnited States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 426.
^"Richard Gonzalez World's No. 1: Amateur Lawn Tennis Rankings", The Sunday Indian Express, 18 November 1949.
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