![]() Mal Anderson (1972) | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Theodore, Queensland | 3 March 1935
Turned pro | 1958 (amateur from 1952) |
Retired | 1977 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2000 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 646-446 (59.1%) [1] |
Career titles | 17 [1] |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (1957, Adrian Quist)[2] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1958, 1972) |
French Open | 2R (1957) |
Wimbledon | QF (1956, 1958) |
US Open | W (1957) |
Other tournaments | |
Professional majors | |
US Pro | QF (1959, 1965, 1966) |
Wembley Pro | W (1959) |
French Pro | SF (1962, 1965) |
Other pro events | |
TOC | SF (1959AUS) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 53–28 |
Career titles | 4 |
Malcolm James Anderson MBE (born 3 March 1935) is an Australian former tennis player who was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He won the singles title at the 1957 U.S. National Championships and achieved his highest amateur ranking of No. 2 in 1957. He became a professional after the 1958 season and won the Wembley World Professional Tennis Championships in the 1959 season. In the Open Era, he was runner-up at the 1972 Australian Open.