Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. He has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second most of all time after Jimmy Connors, including 20 Grand Slam titles, a record eight men's singles Wimbledon titles, and a record six year-end championships.
Francis "Frank" Arthur Sedgman is a retired world No. 1 Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1945 until 1976. Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win a multiple slam set in two disciplines, matching Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the men's doubles Grand Slam. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959.
The Hopman Cup is an international eight-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament that plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis. It was held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019. It was replaced on the calendar in 2020 by the ATP Cup, a newly created ATP event. It is set to return on the calendar in 2023 in French venue.
Andreas Seppi is an Italian professional tennis player. He has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013.
Rex Noel Hartwig is an Australian former tennis player.
Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and captain of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams.
First-seeded Nancye Bolton defeated Joyce Fitch 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1946 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Nancye Bolton defeated Nell Hopman 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1947 Australian Championships.
The 1939 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 20 January to 30 January. It was the 32nd edition of the Australian Championships, the 9th held in Melbourne, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Australians John Bromwich and Emily Hood Westacott won the singles titles.
The Australia Billie Jean King Cup team represents Australia in international women's tennis and is directed by Tennis Australia. The team played in the first ever tournament in 1963, and is one of four teams that has taken part in every single edition since.
Emily Hood Westacott, was an Australian female tennis player in the 1930s.
Kerry Harris is an Australian former professional tennis player, active from 1967 to 1975, who reached the semi-final of the 1972 Australian Open, and reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, of which she won one, in the 1972 Australian Open.
The 1990 Hopman Cup was the second edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 26 December 1989 through 1 January 1990.
Grzegorz Panfil is a Polish professional tennis player.
The Hopman Cup XXVI corresponded to the 26th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 28 December 2013 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.
Dorothy 'Dot' Stevenson was an Australian female tennis player who was active in the 1930s.
Nell Hopman and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and second seeds, but they lost in the quarterfinals.
Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne successfully defended their title for a fourth consecutive year, defeating May Hardcastle and Emily Hood Westacott 7–5, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1939 Australian Championships.
Nell Hopman and Harry Hopman recorded their fourth and last mixed doubles victory by defeating the defending champions Margaret Wilson and John Bromwich 6–8, 6–2, 6–3, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1939 Australian Championships.
Nell Hall and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and the second seeds, but they lost in the semifinals.
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