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John David Newcombe is an Australian tennis player born in Sydney in 1944. Known by the nickname Newk, he is a right-handed athlete who represented Australia in international competition. His professional career spanned from 1967 to 1981. During this period, he achieved a singles record of 520–181 and a doubles record of 333–115. He also earned prize money of 1,062,408.
Newcombe was a member of the Australia Davis Cup team. He has been recognized with the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire and induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He resides in Sydney and speaks English.
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Key facts
- Full name
- John David Newcombe
- Country sports
- Australia
- Residence
- Sydney, Australia
- Born
- ( 1944-05-23 ) 23 May 1944 (age 82) , Sydney , Australia
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Turned pro
- 1967 (amateur from 1960)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- US$1,062,408
- Int tennis hof
- 1986 ( member page )
- Career record
- 1072–401 (72.8%)
- Career titles
- 68 (41 open era titles listed by ATP)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1967 , Lance Tingay ) , No. 1 (3 June 1974, ATP)
- Australian open
- W ( 1973 , 1975 )
- French open
- QF ( 1965 , 1969 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1967 , 1970 , 1971 )
- Us open
- W ( 1967 , 1973 )
- Tour finals
- SF ( 1973 , 1974 )
- Wct finals
- W ( 1974 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Australia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Sydney
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Australia Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- John Newcombe 1968.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Sydney
Show 13 more facts
- date of birth
- 1944-05-23
- handedness
- right-handedness
- doubles record
- 333–115
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 520–181
- birth name
- John David Newcombe
- Commons category
- John Newcombe
- prize money
- 1062408
- end of work period
- 1981-00-00
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- ranking
- 455
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Tennis
- nickname
- Newk
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Encyclopedic overview
John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles. Newcombe won a combined 26 major titles: seven in singles, a former record 17 in men's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors.
Career
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