![]() Bunny Austin with his wife Phyllis Konstam in 1936 | |
Full name | Henry Wilfred Austin |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | London, England | 26 August 1906
Died | 26 August 2000 Coulsdon, London, England | (aged 94)
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1926 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1939 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand)[1] |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1997 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 455–108 (80.8%) [2] |
Career titles | 30 [2] |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (1931, A. Wallis Myers)[3] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1929) |
French Open | F (1937) |
Wimbledon | F (1932, 1938) |
US Open | QF (1929) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | SF (1926) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | F (1931) |
Wimbledon | F (1934) |
US Open | F (1929) |
Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin (26 August 1906 – 26 August 2000[4][5]) was an English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon, until Andy Murray did so in 2012. He was also a finalist at the 1937 French Championships and a championship winner at Queen's Club. Along with Fred Perry, he was a vital part of the British team that won the Davis Cup in three consecutive years (1933–35). He is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts.