John Newcombe
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 5
Top works
- The young tennis player
- Bedside tennis
- Beside Tennis
- Newk
- The family tennis book
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 29
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,169x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,509x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,302x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,187x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,819x
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 23 May 1944
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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
Article
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.
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