Mal Anderson

Mal Anderson
MBE
Mal Anderson (1972)
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1935-03-03) 3 March 1935 (age 89)
Theodore, Queensland
Turned pro1958 (amateur from 1952)
Retired1977
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF2000 (member page)
Singles
Career record646-446 (59.1%) [1]
Career titles17 [1]
Highest rankingNo. 2 (1957, Adrian Quist)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1958, 1972)
French Open2R (1957)
WimbledonQF (1956, 1958)
US OpenW (1957)
Other tournaments
Professional majors
US ProQF (1959, 1965, 1966)
Wembley ProW (1959)
French ProSF (1962, 1965)
Other pro events
TOCSF (1959AUS)
Doubles
Career record53–28
Career titles4

Malcolm James Anderson MBE (born 3 March 1935) is an Australian former tennis player who was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He won the singles title at the 1957 U.S. National Championships and achieved his highest amateur ranking of No. 2 in 1957. He became a professional after the 1958 season and won the Wembley World Professional Tennis Championships in the 1959 season. In the Open Era, he was runner-up at the 1972 Australian Open.

  1. ^ a b Garcia, Gabriel. "Mal Anderson: Career Match Record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Times Have Changed, Says Adrian Quist" Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October 1957.