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Encyclopedia > Ashley Cooper

Ashley John Cooper (born 15 September 1936 in Melbourne) is a former tennis player from Australia who was World No. 1 amateur in the late 1950s. September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ...


1958 was Cooper's big year where he became one of only ten men to date (2005) to win three of the four major events in the same year - he won singles at the Australian, British, and American championships and was a semi-finalist at the French championship, losing to Luis Ayala 11-9, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 5-7. The United States Open tennis championships, commonly refered to as the U.S. Open or as simply the Open, is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ...


The right-handed Cooper was the top-ranked player in both 1957, when he was a Wimbledon and Forest Hills finalist and Paris semi-finalist, and in 1958. Cooper was a Australian Davis Cup player as the team won the cup from '56 and '57, and finalists in '58. He turned professional in 1959. Davis Cup logo The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ...


Upon retiring as a player, Cooper has served as a tennis player development administrator with Tennis Queensland, where he has been based for forty years. He presently also sits on the Board of Directors for Tennis Australia. The Tennis Australia is the governing body for the sport of tennis in Australia. ...


Cooper was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit tennis museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It maintains a Hall of Fame for prominent personalities and players from the tennis world. ...


External links

  • International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee page for Cooper
Male tennis players who have won 3 or more Grand Slam singles events in one season
1933: Jack Crawford (3) | 1934: Fred Perry (3) | 1938: Don Budge (4) | 1955: Tony Trabert (3) | 1956: Lew Hoad (3) | 1958: Ashley Cooper (3) | 1962–69: Rod Laver (4) | 1964: Roy Emerson (3) | 1974: Jimmy Connors (3) | 1988: Mats Wilander (3) | 2004: Roger Federer (3)

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