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Kim Warwick
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceClearwater, Florida
Born (1952-04-08) 8 April 1952 (age 72)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1970
Retired1987 (brief comeback in 1996)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$994,045
Singles
Career record268–253
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 15 (12 October 1981)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1980)
French Open2R (1977, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon4R (1977)
US OpenQF (1982)
Doubles
Career record449–289
Career titles26
Highest rankingNo. 10 (9 December 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1978, 1980, 1981)
French OpenW (1985)
WimbledonQF (1977, 1982)
US OpenSF (1977)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1972, 1976)
WimbledonF (1972)

Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970 to 1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980.[1] He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten including Guillermo Vilas, Raúl Ramírez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, and Roland Garros 1985, and was also a runner-up in Australian Open 1986, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won 6–4, 6–4.

Kim also was a member of the winning team of World Team Tennis in 1975 (Pittsburgh Triangles) and 1986 (San Antonio Racquets). Warwick also holds the record for the most match points missed in a losing effort, having held eleven chances to defeat eventual champion Adriano Panatta in the Rome Masters in 1976.[2]

His best record is his streak of 21 consecutive Grand Slam appearances; it began in 1975, and did not end until 1980. His record would later be surpassed by Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg, who would run it out to 54 consecutive Grand Slam appearances.

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1980 Australian Open[1] Grass United States Brian Teacher 5–7, 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 4 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1978 Australian Open Grass Poland Wojciech Fibak Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Cliff Letcher
7–6, 7–5
Win 1980 Australian Open Grass Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee
7–5, 6–4
Win 1981 Australian Open Grass Australia Mark Edmondson United States Hank Pfister
United States John Sadri
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win 1985 French Open Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Israel Shlomo Glickstein
Sweden Hans Simonsson
6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 1985 Australian Open Grass Australia Mark Edmondson United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1972 French Open Clay Australia Evonne Goolagong France Françoise Dürr
France Jean-Claude Barclay
6–2, 6–4
Loss 1972 Wimbledon Grass Australia Evonne Goolagong United States Rosemary Casals
Romania Ilie Năstase
4–6, 4–6
Win 1976 French Open Clay South Africa Ilana Kloss South Africa Linky Boshoff
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
5–7, 7–6, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 SR
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 2R QF 3R 1R 1R 3R 3R F QF A 1R 2R A A 0 / 13
French Open A A P2 1R A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R A A A A A A 0 / 6
Wimbledon Q2 1R 1R A 3R 3R 3R 4R 2R 1R 2R A 1R A Q3 Q1 Q2 0 / 10
US Open A A A A 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A QF 3R A A A 0 / 8
Strike rate 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 37

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

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Singles (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

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Result No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1972 Adelaide, Australia Grass Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 1974 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard New Zealand Onny Parun 3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1. 1976 Bangalore, India Clay India Sashi Menon 6–1, 6–2
Loss 3. 1977 Tokyo, Japan Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4. 1978 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay West Germany Ulrich Pinner 2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss 5. 1978 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass United States Tim Wilkison 3–6, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 2–6
Win 2. 1979 Adelaide, Australia Grass South Africa Bernard Mitton 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 6. 1980 Queen's Club, England Grass United States John McEnroe 3–6, 1–6
Loss 7. 1980 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 3. 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard United States Fritz Buehning 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 8. 1980 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass United States Brian Teacher 5–7, 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles (26 titles, 26 runners-up)

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Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1974 Omaha, U.S. Other Australia Ian Fletcher West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 1974 Tempe, U.S. Hard Australia Ian Fletcher West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 1. 1974 Cedar Grove, U.S. Other United States Steve Siegel Australia Dick Crealy
United States Bob Tanis
4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. 1975 Stockholm WCT, Sweden Carpet (i) France Patrice Dominguez United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
3–6, 6–7
Loss 4. 1975 San Francisco, U.S. Hard (i) Australia Allan Stone United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 6–7
Loss 5. 1975 Manila, Philippines Hard Australia Syd Ball Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
1–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 1976 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Australia Dick Crealy United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win 2. 1976 Brisbane, Australia Grass Australia Syd Ball Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7. 1976 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Australia Syd Ball Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Win 3. 1976 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Australia Syd Ball Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia John Marks
6–3, 6–4
Loss 8. 1977 Adelaide, Australia Grass Australia Syd Ball Australia Cliff Letcher
United States Dick Stockton
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 9. 1977 Denver, U.S. Carpet (i) Australia Syd Ball Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Geoff Masters
2–6, 3–6
Loss 10. 1977 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Australia Phil Dent South Africa Bob Hewitt
West Germany Karl Meiler
6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 1977 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Australia Geoff Masters Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Chris Kachel
6–2, 7–6
Win 5. 1977 Hong Kong, U.K. Hard Australia Syd Ball United States Marty Riessen
United States Roscoe Tanner
7–6, 6–3
Win 6. 1977 Adelaide, Australia Grass Australia Syd Ball Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 11. 1978 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay South Africa Bob Hewitt Australia Mark Edmondson
Netherlands Tom Okker
4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 12. 1978 Stowe, U.S. Hard Australia Mark Edmondson United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win 7. 1978 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Poland Wojciech Fibak Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Cliff Letcher
7–6, 7–5
Win 8. 1979 Auckland, New Zealand Hard South Africa Bernard Mitton United Kingdom Andrew Jarrett
United Kingdom Jonathan Smith
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 13. 1980 Metz, France Carpet (i) United States Chris Delaney Australia Colin Dibley
United States Gene Mayer
6–7, 5–7
Win 9. 1980 Nice, France Clay United States Chris Delaney Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
6–4, 6–0
Win 10. 1980 Rome, Italy Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Hungary Balázs Taróczy
United States Eliot Teltscher
7–6, 7–6
Win 11. 1980 Surbiton, England Grass Australia Mark Edmondson Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
United States Butch Walts
7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Loss 14. 1980 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Australia Mark Edmondson United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
4–6, 4–6
Win 12. 1980 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee
7–5, 6–4
Win 13. 1981 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Australia Mark Edmondson United States Hank Pfister
United States John Sadri
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win 14. 1982 Adelaide, Australia Grass Australia Mark Edmondson United Kingdom Andrew Jarrett
United Kingdom Jonathan Smith
7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Win 15. 1982 Guarujá, Brazil Clay Australia Phil Dent Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil Cássio Motta
6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 15. 1982 Denver, U.S. Carpet (i) Australia Phil Dent South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
4–6, 4–6
Win 16. 1982 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Syd Ball
West Germany Rolf Gehring
6–4, 6–2
Loss 16. 1982 Bristol, England Grass Australia Mark Edmondson United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
4–6, 6–7
Win 17. 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Rod Frawley
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Loss 17. 1982 Sawgrass Doubles, U.S. Clay Australia Mark Edmondson United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
w/o
Loss 18. 1982 Hong Kong Hard United States Van Winitsky United States Charles Strode
United States Morris Strode
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 18. 1983 Stowe, U.S. Hard Australia Brad Drewett United States Fritz Buehning
United States Tom Gullikson
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 19. 1983 Brisbane, Australia Carpet (i) Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Pat Cash
Australia Paul McNamee
6–7, 6–7
Win 19. 1983 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Australia Wally Masur United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
7–6, 6–4
Loss 20. 1984 Toronto, Canada Hard Australia John Fitzgerald United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
4–6, 2–6
Loss 21. 1985 Delray Beach, U.S. Hard United States Sherwood Stewart United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
5–7, 5–7, 4–6
Win 20. 1985 Munich, West Germany Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win 21. 1985 French Open, Paris Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Israel Shlomo Glickstein
Sweden Hans Simonsson
6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 22. 1985 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
4–6, 4–6
Loss 23. 1985 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Australia Mark Edmondson Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
3–6, 2–6
Win 22. 1985 Hong Kong, U.K. Hard Australia Brad Drewett Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 24. 1985 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Australia Mark Edmondson United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 23. 1985 Adelaide, Australia Grass Australia Mark Edmondson Brazil Nelson Aerts
United States Tomm Warneke
6–4, 6–4
Win 24. 1986 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Australia Mark Kratzmann South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser
6–3, 6–4
Win 25. 1986 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) United States Sherwood Stewart Australia Pat Cash
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
6–4, 6–4
Loss 25. 1986 Wembley, England Carpet (i) United States Sherwood Stewart United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Win 26. 1987 Orlando, U.S. Hard United States Sherwood Stewart United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 26. 1988 Orlando, U.S. Hard United States Sherwood Stewart France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ a b "1980 Australian Open results". atpworldtour.com.
  2. ^ "Tommy Haas converts 13th match point to beat Isner in five sets". 1 June 2013 – via BBC.
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