(1927-10-29) 29 October 1927 (age 96) Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia
Height
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro
1953 (amateur tour from 1945)
Retired
1976
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF
1979 (member page)
Singles
Career record
863–516 (62.5%)[1]
Career titles
49[2]
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1950, Harry Hopman,[3] Ned Potter.[4])
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (1949, 1950)
French Open
F (1952)
Wimbledon
W (1952)
US Open
W (1951, 1952)
Other tournaments
Professional majors
US Pro
F (1954, 1961)
Wembley Pro
W (1953, 1958)
French Pro
W (1953)
Other pro events
TOC
F (1957AU, 1957FH, 1958AU)
Doubles
Career record
5–13
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
W (1951, 1952)
French Open
W (1951, 1952)
Wimbledon
W (1948, 1951, 1952)
US Open
W (1950, 1951)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
W (1949, 1950)
French Open
W (1951, 1952)
Wimbledon
W (1951, 1952)
US Open
W (1951, 1952)
Francis "Frank" Arthur SedgmanAO (born 29 October 1927) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple career Grand Slams in two disciplines, alongside Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the Grand Slam in men's doubles. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959.
Sedgman was ranked as the world No. 1 amateur in 1950 by Harry Hopman and Ned Potter, in 1951 by Pierre Gillou, Hopman and Potter and in 1952 by Lance Tingay, Gillou, Hopman and Potter. Tennis de France magazine ranked Sedgman as the world No. 1 professional tennis player for the 1953 season. Jack Kramer, in his personal ranking lists, ranked Sedgman as the world No. 2 professional behind Pancho Gonzales for the 1958, 1959 and 1960 seasons.
^"Frank Sedgman: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^"Frank Sedgman: Career tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^"HOPMAN'S WORLD RANKINGS". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 22979. Victoria, Australia. 16 January 1951. p. 16. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Sedgman Tops World Tennis". The Age. No. 29, 796. Victoria, Australia. 26 October 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 26 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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