Norman Brookes

Sir
Norman Brookes
Full nameNorman Everard Brookes
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1877-11-14)14 November 1877
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died28 September 1968(1968-09-28) (aged 90)
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired1928
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)[1]
Int. Tennis HoF1977 (member page)
Singles
Career record225–52 (81.2%)[2]
Career titles19[2]
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1907, ITHF)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1911)
French Open2R (1928)
WimbledonW (1907, 1914)
US OpenQF (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1924)
WimbledonW (1907, 1914)
US OpenW (1919)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919)
Brookes and his wife, Mabel, in 1914
Norman Brookes

Sir Norman Everard Brookes (14 November 1877 – 28 September 1968) was an Australian tennis player. During his career he won three Grand Slam singles titles; Wimbledon in 1907 and 1914 (the first non-British born individual to do so) and the Australasian Championships in 1911. Brookes was part of the Australasian Davis Cup team that won the title on six occasions. The Australian Open men's singles trophy, the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, is named in his honour. After his active playing career Brookes became president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia.

  1. ^ Norman Brookes Archived 22 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Australian Open Tennis. Quote: "Brookes was the first left-handed player ever to claim the coveted grass court title."
  2. ^ a b "Norman Brookes career match record". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ International Tennis Hall of Fame Inductee

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