Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.
O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1920 and 1923. Pat was quick around the court, had textbook groundstrokes, sharp volleys and a solid serve. He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond, Australia. His brother Arthur O'Hara Wood (1890–1918) was also an Australian tennis player and won the 1914 Australasian Championships.
After attending Melbourne Grammar School, he entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1911, where he excelled at cricket as well as tennis,James Grant, Perspectives of a Century (Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147-49. leading the Trinity College team to a memorable victory against Ormond College in March 1911, where he made 167 not out."Cricket—Trinity College Beats Ormond", The Argus, 31 Mar. 1911, p. 4. In 1916, as a 23-year-old law student, he enlisted as an officer in the Australian Army. In 1919, as Captain Pat O'Hara-Wood, he and Bombardier Randolph Lycett won the doubles event at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris.
On 3 August 1923 he married Australian tennis player Meryl Waxman.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 titles ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1920 Australasian Championships Grass Ronald Thomas 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3 Win 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Bert St. John 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1919 Australasian Championships Grass Ronald Thomas James Anderson Arthur Lowe 7–5, 6–1, 7–9, 3–6, 6–3 Win 1919 Wimbledon Grass Ronald Thomas Rodney Heath Randolph Lycett 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 Win 1920 Australasian Championships Grass Ronald Thomas Horace Rice Roy Taylor 6–1, 6–0, 7–5 Loss 1922 Wimbledon Grass Gerald Patterson James Anderson Randolph Lycett 6–3, 9–7, 4–6, 3–6, 9–11 Loss 1922 U.S. National Championships Grass Gerald Patterson Vincent Richards Bill Tilden 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6 Win 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Bert St. John Dudley Bullough Horace Rice 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 Loss 1924 Australasian Championships Grass Gerald Patterson James Anderson Norman Brookes 2–6, 4–6, 3–6 Loss 1924 U.S. National Championships Grass Gerald Patterson Howard Kinsey Robert Kinsey 5–7, 7–5, 9–7, 3–6, 4–6 Win 1925 Australasian Championships Grass Gerald Patterson James Anderson Fred Kalms 6–4, 8–6, 7–5 Loss 1926 Australasian Championships Grass James Anderson John Hawkes Gerald Patterson 1–6, 4–6, 2–6 Loss 1927 Australian Championships Grass Ian McInnes John Hawkes Gerald Patterson 6–8, 2–6, 1–6
Mixed Doubles: 1 title ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1922 Wimbledon Grass Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan Randolph Lycett 6–4, 6–3
References
External links ADB biography