Ashley Cooper (tennis)

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Ashley Cooper
AO
Cooper in 1958
Full nameAshley John Cooper
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceAustralia
Born(1936-09-15)15 September 1936
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died22 May 2020(2020-05-22) (aged 83)
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1959 (amateur from 1953)
Retired1962
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1991 (member page)
Singles
Career record461–261 (63.8%)[1]
Career titles27[1]
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1957, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1957, 1958)
French OpenSF (1956, 1957, 1958)
WimbledonW (1958)
US OpenW (1958)
Other tournaments
Professional majors
US ProSF (1959, 1960)
Wembley ProQF (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962)
French ProSF (1962)
Other pro events
TOCQF (1959FH)
Doubles
Career record0–3
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1957)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1958)
French OpenW (1957, 1958)
WimbledonF (1958)
US OpenW (1957)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1957)

Ashley John Cooper AO (15 September 1936 – 22 May 2020) was an Australian tennis player who played between 1953 and 1968. He was ranked as the world's No. 1 amateur player during the years of 1957 and 1958.[a][2] Cooper won four singles and four doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments. He won three of the four Grand Slam events in 1958. He turned professional in 1959. Cooper won the Slazenger Professional Championships tournament in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe professional tour of Europe in 1960. Cooper won the European Cup professional tour of Europe in 1962. He retired from tennis play at the end of 1962 due to injury.

  1. ^ a b "Ashley Cooper: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.


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