TENNIS PLAYER

Owen Davidson

1943 - 2023

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Owen Keir Davidson (4 October 1943 – 12 May 2023) was an Australian professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Alongside Billie Jean King, Davidson won eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. In 1967 he won a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Championships (with Lesley Turner Bowrey), and the French Championships, Wimbledon and the US Championships (with King). Davidson became the first player to win a match in the open era of tennis when he defeated John Clifton in the first round of the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth played in April 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Owen Davidson is the 220th most popular tennis player (down from 159th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Australia (down from 171st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Australian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Owen Davidson ranks 220 out of 1,569. Before him are Wilfred Baddeley, Winifred McNair, John Alexander, Bob Falkenburg, Heinrich Schomburgk, and Emma Raducanu. After him are Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Harold Mahony, Balázs Taróczy, Bill Bowrey, Charles Winslow, and Margaret Molesworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Owen Davidson ranks 440. Before him are Brian Ferneyhough, Kim Jung-nam, Marita Lange, Butler Lampson, Janet Margolin, and Safi Faye. After him are Gil Amelio, Alan Wilson, George Woods, Andrej Bajuk, John Kani, and Milan Máčala. Among people deceased in 2023, Owen Davidson ranks 330. Before him are Sante Gaiardoni, Argentina Menis, Murtaza Rakhimov, András Adorján, Tom Verlaine, and Safi Faye. After him are Willis Reed, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Erkin Koray, Bill Richardson, Lasse Berghagen, and Jacques Gaillot.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Owen Davidson ranks 200 out of 1,143. Before him are Bill Bruce (1923), Eliza Taylor (1989), Miranda Kerr (1983), Gerald Patterson (1895), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), and John Alexander (1951). After him are Ron Mueck (1958), Quentin Bryce (1942), Bill Bowrey (1943), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), Peter Cosgrove (1947), and Percy Grainger (1882).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Owen Davidson ranks 27. Before him are Norman Brookes (1877), James Anderson (1894), Mark Edmondson (1954), Nancye Wynne Bolton (1916), Adrian Quist (1913), and John Alexander (1951). After him are Bill Bowrey (1943), Margaret Molesworth (1894), Darren Cahill (1965), Lleyton Hewitt (1981), Harry Hopman (1906), and Rodney Heath (1884).

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