Bill Sidwell
Full name | Oswald William Thomas Sidwell |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Sydney, Australia |
Born | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 16 April 1920
Died | 19 August 2021 Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 101)
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Retired | 1951 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (1949, John Olliff)[1] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1948, 1949, 1950) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1950) |
US Open | 3R (1947, 1948) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1949) |
French Open | F (1947) |
Wimbledon | F (1947, 1950) |
US Open | W (1949) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1948) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (1948Ch, 1949Ch) |
Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (16 April 1920 – 19 August 2021) was an Australian tennis player.
Sidwell reached five Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, at the 1949 U.S. National Championships with compatriot John Bromwich. He also played in the Davis Cup in 1948 and 1949 where Australia lost to the United States both years in the Challenge Round. As a junior, he won the Australian Open boys' singles event in 1939. Sidwell played golf regularly in place of tennis.
He was ranked world No. 10 for 1949 by John Olliff.[1] As of December 2008, Sidwell was still organising golf events at the age of 88.[2] He turned 100 in April 2020[3] and died in Caringbah in August 2021, at the age of 101.[4]
Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles (1 title, 4 runners-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1947 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1947 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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6–8, 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1949 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–1, 5–7, 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1949 | US National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 1950 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1948 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, 6–8 |
References[]
- ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 426.
- ^ tennishistory.com.au: Bill Sidwell
- ^ Aussie tennis player shares secret to long life on his 100th birthday
- ^ "SIDWELL, Oswald William Thomas | Death Notices | Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links[]
- Bill Sidwell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Bill Sidwell at the International Tennis Federation
- Bill Sidwell at the Davis Cup
- AVGA official website
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 2021 deaths
- Australian centenarians
- Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
- Australian male tennis players
- Tennis people from New South Wales
- United States National champions (tennis)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
- Men centenarians
- Australian tennis biography stubs