Frew McMillan

Frew McMillan

Full name	Frew Donald McMillan
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Bristol, England
Born	(1942-05-20) 20 May 1942 (age 83) Springs, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1969 (amateur tour from 1961)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$609,072 [1]
Int. Tennis HoF	1992 (member page)
Singles
Career record	142–213 (Open era) [2]
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 39 (6 March 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1971)
French Open	3R (1967, 1971)
Wimbledon	3R (1970, 1978)
US Open	QF (1972)
Doubles
Career record	552–207
Career titles	64
Highest ranking	No. 1 (23 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1971)
French Open	W (1972)
Wimbledon	W (1967, 1972, 1978)
US Open	W (1977)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1977)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	5
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1966)
Wimbledon	W (1978, 1981)
US Open	W (1977, 1978)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1974)

Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Daniel Nestor, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37.

Early life

McMillan was born in Springs, South Africa.

Tennis career

Aside from McMillan's considerable success as a doubles player, he had a singles career with good results mostly in South Africa.

McMillan played in 38 Grand Slam singles events with a 28 to 38 win–loss record, first playing in 1961 at Wimbledon and last at the first US Open at Flushing Meadows in 1978. His best results in both came at the US Open reaching the quarter finals in 1972 and the last 16 in 1976. Arguably his greatest result was reaching the final of the 1970 South African Open held at Ellis Park. He beat a raging Pancho Gonzales in the semi-final before losing to world number 1 Rod Laver in four sets in the final. ^{[3] [4]} At the time, the South African, Italian and German Opens were rated the top three tournaments beneath the Grand Slams. As late as 1979 McMillan reached the quarter-finals of the Fischer Open in Vienna.

McMillan continued to play the tour for many years. In doubles, he played his last Wimbledon with Bob Hewitt in 1979 reaching the semi-finals. They made a last appearance together in the main draw at Flushing Meadows in 1980 reaching the quarter-finals with a nostalgic victory over fellow veteran Americans Clark Graebner and Charlie Pasarell. McMillan won his last tour title at the 1982 South African Open with Brian Gottfried.

McMillan played for many years on the seniors tours and was runner-up at the inaugural "Wimbledon over 35's" to John Newcombe in 1982 after good wins against Tony Roche, Mark Cox and Ismail El Shafei. In 1988 he and Hewitt, older by 20 years between them, beat the Gullikson twins Tim and Tom in the Over 35's doubles final at Wimbledon.

Style of play

The most notable aspect of McMillan's game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which increased his power while restricting his mobility. In the 1967 Wimbledon, he and Hewitt did not lose a set, and McMillan did not once lose a service game.

Post retirement

McMillan was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1992. He now^{[ when? ]} works as a tennis commentator for Eurosport and on BBC Radio 5.

Grand Prix Championship Series singles finals

Runner-up (1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
Loss	1970	Johannesburg	Rod Laver	6–4, 2–6, 1–6, 2–6

Career titles

Singles (2 titles)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1	1974	Munich WCT	Carpet	Nikola Pilić	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2	1976	Nuremberg	Carpet	Thomaz Koch	2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (63 titles)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1970	Washington, D.C., US	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	7–5, 6–0
2.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Tom Okker Nikola Pilić	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
3.	1972	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	7–5, 6–2
4.	1972	French Open, Paris	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1
5.	1972	Bristol, United Kingdom	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Clark Graebner Lew Hoad	6–3, 6–2
6.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	6–2, 6–2, 9–7
7.	1972	Cincinnati, Ohio, US	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Paul Gerken Humphrey Hose	7–6, 6–4
8.	1972	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–2, 6–3
9.	1972	Albany, New York, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2
10.	1973	Jackson, US	Hard (i)	Zan Guerry	Jaime Pinto-Bravo Tito Vázquez	6–2, 6–4
11.	1973	Tanglewood, US	Other	Bob Carmichael	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–4
12.	1973	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	6–3, 6–4
13.	1973	Quebec City, Canada	Other	Bob Carmichael	Jimmy Connors Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
14.	1974	Salisbury, Maryland, US	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	Byron Bertram Andrew Pattison	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
15.	1974	Washington WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3
16.	1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
17.	1974	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase	6–2, 7–6
18.	1974	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Jim McManus Andrew Pattison	6–2, 6–4, 7–6
19.	1974	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–2, 6–7, 6–1, 6–2
20.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–4, 6–3
21.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	José Higueras Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 6–2
22.	1975	Munich, Germany	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli	6–3, 6–4
23.	1975	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
24.	1975	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Bob Hewitt	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
25.	1976	Columbus WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	7–6, 6–4
26.	1976	Baltimore WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Ilie Năstase Cliff Richey	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
27.	1976	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Jaime Fillol	Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
28.	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Rod Laver	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
29.	1976	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Tom Okker	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš	6–4, 7–6, 6–4
30.	1976	Nuremberg, Germany	Carpet	Karl Meiler	Colin Dowdeswell Paul Kronk	7–6, 6–4
31.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Bob Hewitt	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 4–0 retired
32.	1976	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Colin Dowdeswell Mike Estep	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
33.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Bob Hewitt	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
34.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
35.	1977	Springfield, Massachusetts, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2
36.	1977	San Jose, California, US	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Tom Gorman Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3
37.	1977	Palm Springs, California, US	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 7–6
38.	1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen	6–2, 6–0
39.	1977	La Costa, California, US	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6–4, 6–2
40.	1977	Pacific Southwest Championships, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 6–4
41.	1977	Jackson, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Phil Dent Ken Rosewall	6–2, 7–6
42.	1977	US Open, New York City	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
43.	1977	Los Angeles	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	6–2, 6–3
44.	1977	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1
45.	1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Bob Hewitt	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	6–4, 6–3
46.	1977	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–5
47.	1977	Wembley, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
48.	1978	Baltimore, Maryland, US	Carpet	Fred McNair	Roger Taylor Antonio Zugarelli	6–3, 7–5
49.	1978	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–4
50.	1978	Richmond WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–3, 7–5
51.	1978	St. Louis WCT, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
52.	1978	Denver, Colorado, US	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–2
53.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	7–5, 7–6
54.	1978	Queen's Club Championships, London	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 7–5
55.	1978	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
56.	1979	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Wojtek Fibak Pavel Složil	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
57.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Bob Hewitt	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
58.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Bob Hewitt	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
59.	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Mike Cahill Buster Mottram	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
60.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	6–4, 6–3
61.	1980	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Chris Lewis John Yuill	6–3, 6–4
62.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
63.	1982	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Shlomo Glickstein Andrew Pattison	6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (5 wins)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1967	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1972	French Open	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1
Win	1972	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	6–2, 6–2, 9–7
Win	1977	US Open	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
Win	1978	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles (5 wins, 6 losses)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1966	French Championships	Clay	Annette Van Zyl	Ann Haydon-Jones Clark Graebner	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	1970	US Open	Grass	Judy Tegart-Dalton	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1976	US Open (2)	Grass	Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Phil Dent	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Betty Stöve	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1977	US Open	Grass	Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels	6–2, 6–2
Win	1978	US Open (2)	Hard	Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1979	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Betty Stöve	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Loss	1979	US Open (3)	Hard	Betty Stöve	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1980	US Open (4)	Hard	Betty Stöve	Wendy Turnbull Marty Riessen	5–7, 2–6
Win	1981	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Betty Stöve	Tracy Austin John Austin	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3

References

1. "Players". ATP Tour.
2. Player profile: Frew McMillan itftennis.com.
3. "Laver Routs Foe, Wins Tennis Title". The Morning Record. 4 April 1970.
4. "Laver Captures So. Africa Title". New York Times. 4 April 1970 – via Google News.

External links

• Frew McMillan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Frew McMillan at the International Tennis Federation
• Frew McMillan at the Davis Cup
• Frew McMillan at the International Tennis Hall of Fame