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Frederick Sydney Stolle, known as Fred Stolle, was an Australian tennis player and sports commentator. Born in Hornsby in 1938, he competed as a right-handed athlete representing Australia. His professional career spanned from 1966 to 1976. During this period, he achieved a singles record of 214–144 and a doubles record of 189–101. He was a member of the Australia Davis Cup team.
Stolle received the Australian Sports Medal and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He spoke English and had a child named Sandon Stolle. He passed away in 2025.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Frederick Sydney Stolle
- Country sports
- Australia
- Residence
- Aventura, Florida , US
- Born
- ( 1938-10-08 ) 8 October 1938, Hornsby, New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- 5 March 2025 (2025-03-05) (aged 86), Palm Desert, California , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Turned pro
- 1966 (amateur from 1958)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1985 ( member page )
- Career record
- 860–442 (66.0%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1966 , World Tennis )
- Australian open
- F ( 1964 , 1965 )
- French open
- W ( 1965 )
- Wimbledon
- F ( 1963 , 1964 , 1965 )
- Us open
- W ( 1966 )
- Us pro
- SF ( 1967 )
- Wembley pro
- 1R ( 1967 )
- French pro
- SF ( 1967 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Australia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frederick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Hornsby
- Place of death
- Palm Desert
- Child
- Sandon Stolle
- Occupation
- sports commentator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Australia Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 93
- Height
- 190
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- date of birth
- 1938-10-08
- doubles record
- 189–101
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 214–144
- end of work period
- 1976-00-00
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- date of death
- 2025-03-05
- name in native language
- Fred Stolle
- birth name
- Frederick Sydney Stolle
- pseudonym
- Fred Stolle
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO (8 October 1938 – 5 March 2025) was an Australian amateur world No. 1 tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He was the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fred Stolle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.