Full name | Donald William Candy |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Adelaide, Australia | 31 March 1929
Died | 14 June 2020 | (aged 91)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1952, 1959) |
French Open | 4R (1956, 1960) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1951, 1957, 1960) |
US Open | 3R (1951) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1952, 1953, 1956, 1959) |
French Open | W (1956) |
Wimbledon | QF (1956, 1957) |
US Open | F (1951) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | SF (1952) |
Don Candy (31 March 1929 – 14 June 2020[1]) was an Australian tennis player who was mainly successful in doubles.[2]
At the Grand Slam tournaments he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships singles event in 1952 and 1959. In the singles event at the French Championships he reached the eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.[3][4][5]
In June 1951 Candy won the singles title at the Kent Championships, a grass court tournament held in Beckenham, defeating Gardnar Mulloy in three sets.[6] The next year, 1952, he again reached the Kent final but on this occasion lost in three sets to Ham Richardson.[7] In July 1951 he won the Midlands counties men's singles title after a straight sets victory in the final against Naresh Kumar from India.[8]
In 1956 he won the Men's Doubles title at the French Championships. With his American partner Bob Perry he won against compatriots Ashley Cooper and Lew Hoad in three straight sets.[9]
After his active career he moved to Baltimore in 1967 where he coached the World Team Tennis Baltimore Banners and later became the coach of Pam Shriver.[10] In 2022 Shriver disclosed that she had been in a multi-year relationship with Candy, that started when she was a young player.[11][12]