Mark Edmondson

For the former Salford, Sydney Roosters and St Helens rugby league player, see Mark Edmondson (rugby league).

Mark Edmondson

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1954-06-28) June 28, 1954 (age 71) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	256–242 (51.21%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 15 (17 May 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1976)
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	3R (1977, 1981, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	507–259
Career titles	34
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
French Open	W (1985)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1983)

Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

Edmondson entered the 1976 Australian Open ranked 212th in the world. After beating top seed Ken Rosewall in the semi finals, ^[1] Edmondson beat defending champion John Newcombe in the final in four sets on a day when the wind was so severe that the players left the court for half an hour at the peak of the windstorm. ^[1] When the storm arrived the temperature dropped from 104 degrees to 79 degrees in five minutes and prior to the storm, 130 spectators had been treated for heat exhaustion. ^[1] Edmondson mastered the conditions better than Newcombe and served particularly well. ^[1] He remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. ^[2] He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open. ^{[3] [4]}

Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982. At Wimbledon 1982 he beat Vitas Gerulaitis in the quarter finals before losing in straight sets to Jimmy Connors in the semis. ^[5] This took him to a career-high singles ranking of #15. As a doubles player, he won 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.

Grand Slam performance

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Australian Open	2R	W	QF	A	2R	QF	3R	SF	1R	3R	2R	1R	NH	3R
French Open	A	1R	2R		1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	2R	3R	2R		2R	1R	1R	2R	SF	3R	3R	1R	1R	A
US Open	A	1R	3R		1R	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A

Finals, 10 (6 wins, 4 losses)

Singles, 1 (1 win)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1976	Australian Open	Grass	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1

Doubles, 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1980	Australian Open	Grass	Kim Warwick	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	1981	Australian Open (2)	Grass	Kim Warwick	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	1983	Australian Open (3)	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1983	French Open	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Hans Simonsson Anders Järryd	7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2
Win	1984	Australian Open (4)	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	1985	Australian Open	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1985	French Open	Clay	Kim Warwick	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3

Mixed doubles 2 (2 losses)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Dianne Fromholtz	Tracy Austin John Austin	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	1986	French Open	Clay	Rosalyn Fairbank	Kathy Jordan Ken Flach	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Career finals

Singles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win	2–0	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	John Alexander	6–4, 7–6
Loss	3–1	1979	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–2	1979	Surbiton, England	Grass	Victor Amaya	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–2	1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–3	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Gianni Ocleppo	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–3	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6–3	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Chris Lewis	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	6–4	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Vincent Van Patten	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	6–5	1981	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6
Loss	6–6	1983	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 1–6

Doubles (34 titles, 34 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Chris Kachel Peter McNamara	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1.	1976	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Clay	John Marks	John Andrews Colin Dibley	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–7
Win	2.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3.	1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	John Marks	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	3.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	4.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
Loss	4.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 3–6
Loss	5.	1978	Stowe, United States	Hard	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	6.	1978	Hartford, United States	Carpet	Van Winitsky	John McEnroe Bill Maze	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	7.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John Marks	John Newcombe Tony Roche	4–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	John Marks	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	8.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts	2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	9.	1979	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	John Marks	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win	6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Marks	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	10.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Marks	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	John Marks	Pat DuPré Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win	8.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Kim Warwick	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
Win	9.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Loss	11.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 4–6
Win	10.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	11.	1981	Houston, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Mike Estep	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win	12.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Fitzgerald	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	13.	1981	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Mike Estep	Rod Frawley Chris Lewis	5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Win	15.	1982	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
Win	16.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, West Germany	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	17.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
Loss	15.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	6–7, 6–7
Win	18.	1982	Frankfurt, West Germany	Carpet	Steve Denton	Tony Giammalva Tim Mayotte	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	16.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	17.	1982	Houston, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 4–6
Win	19.	1982	Hilton Head WCT, United States	Clay	Rod Frawley	Alan Waldman Van Winitsky	6–1, 7–5
Loss	18.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Kim Warwick	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–7
Win	20.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Brian Teacher	Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
Win	21.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Kim Warwick	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	22.	1982	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Fleming	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	19.	1982	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Steve Denton	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 3–6
Loss	20.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	Kim Warwick	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	W/O
Loss	21.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Steve Denton	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	3–6, 6–7
Loss	22.	1983	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	23.	1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–7, 4–6, 2–6
Win	23.	1983	North Conway, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin	7–6, 6–1
Win	24.	1983	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–3, 6–2
Loss	24.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–7
Win	25.	1983	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–2, 6–4
Win	26.	1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	6–1, 6–4
Win	27.	1983	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Win	28.	1984	Boca West, United States	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	25.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 5–7
Win	29.	1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1
Loss	26.	1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–7, 4–6
Loss	28.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Paul McNamee	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Win	30.	1984	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Win	31.	1985	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Kim Warwick	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	29.	1985	Dallas, United States	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 1–6
Win	32.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Kim Warwick	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	30.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Brad Drewett	Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	31.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Kim Warwick	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 2–6
Loss	32.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Kim Warwick	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	33.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
Loss	33.	1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 2–6
Loss	34.	1986	Bristol, England	Grass	Wally Masur	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	7–6, 6–7, 10–12
Win	34.	1987	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Brad Drewett	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

References

1. "Unseeded Edmondson wins over Newcombe". Bangor Daily News . 5 January 1976. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
2. Peter Stone (6 January 1976). "Boilover as cool Mark takes Open". The Age. p. 20.
3. Seminara, Dave (13 January 2011). "The Last Gasp of Australian Tennis's Golden Era" . The New York Times.
4. Trollope, Matt (20 November 2023). "AO Flashback: Edmondson's 1976 triumph among the greatest tennis upsets | AO". ausopen.com.
5. "Connors is too strong for 'Edo'". The Sydney Morning Herald . 4 July 1982. Retrieved 23 August 2025.

External links

• Mark Edmondson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mark Edmondson at the International Tennis Federation
• Mark Edmondson at the Davis Cup