Martin Mulligan

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Martin Mulligan
Martin Mulligan 1968.jpg
Full nameMartin Frederick Mulligan
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (1968-1975)
ResidenceSan Francisco, United States
Born (1940-10-18) 18 October 1940 (age 82)
Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1958)
Retired1975
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles16
Highest rankingNo. 4 (1967, Lance Tingay ) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open SF (1964)
French Open QF (1959, 1962, 1970)
Wimbledon F (1962)
US Open 2R (1966)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open F (1961)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open F (1960)

Martin "Marty" Mulligan (born 18 October 1940) is a former tennis player from Australia. He is best known for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1962, where he was defeated by fellow Australian Rod Laver. [2] [3]

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Personal life

Mulligan was born in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. His maternal grandparents were Italian, from Orsago, Treviso, Veneto. They moved to Australia in 1900. [4]

Tennis career

Juniors

In 1958, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Championships [5] as well as the Boys' Doubles (with Bob Hewitt). [6]

Pro tour

He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the Australian Championships in 1961. [7] In 1962, he was in the finals of the Dutch Open in Hilversum, and he won the men's singles title at the Italian Championships three times in 1963, 1965 and 1967. [8] [9] He won singles titles in 1967 and 1968 at the Swedish Open in Bastad and the Austrian Open at Kitzbuhel (1967). Mulligan won the 1970 Japan Championships. He was ranked in the world's top 10 in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1967, reaching as high as world no. 4 in the latter year. [1] Mulligan won 1960 U.S. Claycourts doubles (with Hewitt) and the 1962 German doubles (with Hewitt). Mulligan was a member of the 1968 Italian Davis Cup team, [10] playing a total of 11 matches. [11] Mulligan was ranked no. 1 in Italy between 1968 and 1971. He was the coach of Italian Davis Cup team for 10 years and was the first non-Italian to receive the Golden Racquet Award by the Italian Tennis Federation. [12]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner–up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1962 Wimbledon Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver 2–6, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1961 Australian Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Mark
3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6

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