Geoff Masters

Geoff Masters
Full name	Geoffrey Masters
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Queensland, Australia
Born	19 September 1950 (age 73); Brisbane, Australia
Turned pro	1969 (amateur from 1967)
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	199–235
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 42 (5 March 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1975)
French Open	2R (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)
Wimbledon	4R (1978)
US Open	3R (1974)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1979)
Doubles
Career record	351–203
Career titles	23
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1974)
French Open	QF (1976)
Wimbledon	W (1977)
US Open	QF (1974)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	W (1974)

Last updated January 31, 2024

Geoff Masters (born 19 September 1950) is an Australian former tennis player. He was part of doubles winning pairs in the US Open, Australian Open & Wimbledon tournaments during the 1970s, currently Masters is a commentator for international telecasts of tennis majors, such as the Australian Open which he has done for more than 20 years, originally with host broadcaster the Seven Network.

Tennis career

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Masters with Pam Teeguarden won the mixed doubles at the US Open in 1974. That year he also won the Australian Open's men's doubles with Ross Case. With the same partner Masters won the gentleman's doubles at Wimbledon in 1977.^[1]

Career finals

Doubles (23 wins, 18 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1972	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Ross Case	Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	1972	Kitzbühel Austria	Clay	Mal Anderson	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1972	Seattle, US	Hard	Ross Case	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Wanaro N'Godrella	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	2.	1972	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Ross Case	Georges Goven Wanaro N'Godrella	6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	3.	1973	Rome Italy	Clay	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tom Okker	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	1973	Washington, D.C., US	Clay	Ross Case	Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	4.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Ross Case	Rod Laver John Newcombe	6–7, 2–6
Win	4.	1974	Australian Open Melbourne	Grass	Ross Case	Syd Ball Bob Giltinan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5.	1974	Hempstead, US	Hard	Ross Case	Jeff Borowiak Dick Crealy	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	1974	St. Louis, US	Clay	Ross Case	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	5.	1974	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–2
Win	6.	1974	Sydney, Australia	Hard (i)	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win	8.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	7.	1975	St. Louis, US	Clay	Ross Case	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	4–6, 4–6
Win	9.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
Loss	8.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win	10.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Ross Case	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–7, 4–6
Loss	11.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	12.	1976	Jackson WCT, US	Carpet	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win	11.	1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Ross Case	Charlie Pasarell Allan Stone	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13.	1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	John Newcombe	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	14.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ross Case	Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall	6–3, 3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 5–7
Win	12.	1976	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Ross Case	Anand Amritraj Corrado Barazzutti	6–0, 6–1
Loss	15.	1977	San Jose, US	Carpet	Tom Gorman	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 3–6
Win	13.	1977	Denver, US	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–3
Win	14.	1977	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ross Case	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–9, 6–4
Loss	16.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	15.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Kim Warwick	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
Win	16.	1978	Sarasota, US	Carpet	Colin Dowdeswell	Byron Bertram Bernard Mitton	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	17.	1978	Little Rock, US	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
Win	18.	1978	Dayton, US	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Hank Pfister Butch Walts	6–3, 6–4
Loss	17.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dibley	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–7
Win	19.	1978	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Ross Case	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win	20.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ross Case	Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman	6–3, 6–4
Loss	18.	1979	Houston, US	Clay	John Alexander	Gene Mayer Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	21.	1979	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Ross Case	John James Chris Kachel	7–6, 6–2
Win	22.	1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Wojciech Fibak	Fritz Buehning Fred McNair	6–4, 6–4
Win	23.	1980	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Rod Frawley	Paul McNamee Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 4–6, 11–9

Post-tennis playing career

Masters can be heard calling Australian Open and Wimbledon matches for rights holder the Nine Network in Australia.

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References

↑ "Tennis Australia - Players - Profiles - Geoff Masters". Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2009.

External links

Geoff Masters at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Geoff Masters at the International Tennis Federation
Geoff Masters at the Davis Cup
Geoff Masters at Tennis Australia

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[1] "Tennis Australia - Players - Profiles - Geoff Masters". Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2009.

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