John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born 28 December 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.
Playing career
During his career, he won 6 top-tier singles titles and 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles. He also achieved the career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open). He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991, teaming up with Anders Järryd to win three out of the four Grand Slam doubles titles that year. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986.
Post-playing career Fitzgerald was the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 2001 to 2010, leading the team to a tournament victory in 2003 against Spain.
Honours Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993. On Australia Day in 2020, John was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.
Grand Slam finals Doubles (7 titles, 4 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1982 Australian Open Grass John Alexander Andy Andrews John Sadri 6–7, 6–2, 7–6Win 1984 US Open Hard Tomáš Šmíd Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 7–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 1985 Wimbledon Grass Pat Cash Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 1986 French Open Clay Tomáš Šmíd Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12Loss 1988 French Open Clay Anders Järryd Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 3–6Loss 1988 Wimbledon Grass Anders Järryd Ken Flach Robert Seguso 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–7Win 1989 Wimbledon Grass Anders Järryd Rick Leach Jim Pugh 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6Win 1991 French Open Clay Anders Järryd Rick Leach Jim Pugh 6–0, 7–6Win 1991 Wimbledon Grass Anders Järryd Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1Win 1991 US Open Hard Anders Järryd Scott Davis David Pate 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 1993 Australian Open Hard Anders Järryd Danie Visser Laurie Warder 4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Mixed doubles (2 titles, 4 runners-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1983 US Open Hard Elizabeth Sayers Barbara Potter Ferdi Taygan 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 1984 US Open Hard Elizabeth Sayers Manuela Maleeva Tom Gullikson 6–2, 5–7, 4–6Loss 1985 Wimbledon Grass Elizabeth Smylie Martina Navratilova Paul McNamee 5–7, 6–4, 2–6Loss 1985 US Open Hard Elizabeth Smylie Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt 3–6, 4–6Loss 1990 Wimbledon Grass Elizabeth Smylie Zina Garrison Rick Leach 5–7, 2–6Win 1991 Wimbledon Grass Elizabeth Smylie Natasha Zvereva Jim Pugh 7–6(7–4), 6–2
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