Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (16 April 1920 – 19 August 2021) was an Australian tennis player.
Sidwell reached five
Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, at the
1949 U.S. National Championships with compatriot
John Bromwich
John Edward Bromwich (14 November 1918 – 21 October 1999) was an Australian tennis player who, along with fellow countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. He was a natural left-hander, though ...
. He also played in the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...
in 1948 and 1949 where Australia lost to the
United States
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both years in the Challenge Round. As a junior, he won the Australian Open boys' singles event in 1939. Sidwell played golf regularly in place of tennis.
He was ranked world No. 10 for 1949 by
John Olliff.
As of December 2008, Sidwell was still organising golf events at the age of 88. He
turned 100 in April 2020 and died in
Caringbah
Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire.
Caringbah once stretched from Woolooware Bay o ...
in August 2021, at the age of 101.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 4 runners-up)
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
References
External links
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AVGA official website
1920 births
2021 deaths
Australian men centenarians
Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
Australian male tennis players
Tennis players from New South Wales
United States National champions (tennis)
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Sportsmen from New South Wales
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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