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1987 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1987 Australian Open. Seeds Qualifiers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier External links 1987 Australian Open – Men's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1987 Australian Open - Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Australian Open
The 1987 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 75th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 12 through 25 January 1987; the first tournament to be held after New Year's Day since 1970 and also the last tournament to be played on grass before the change of surface. Change of schedule It was decided that the Australian Open would be moved from the month of December to the month of January. This meant the tournament was not held in December 1986 but in January 1987. Seniors Men's singles Stefan Edberg defeated Pat Cash 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3 * It was Edberg's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title. Women's singles Hana Mandlíková defeated Martina Navratilova 7–5, 7–6(7–1) * It was Mandlíková's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd and last Australian Open title. Men's doubles Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd defeated Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Saltz
Danny Saltz (born July 30, 1961) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Saltz played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles. His first Grand Slam appearance was at the 1981 US Open, where he lost in a straight sets loss to Bruce Manson, in a match which lasted just 20 games. He fared better when he returned to the US Open in 1984, claiming the first two sets against Todd Nelson, but he was unable to win the match. The American also lost in the opening round of the 1984 Australian Open, to Eddie Edwards of South Africa. He managed to register a win at the 1987 Australian Open, beating Patrik Kühnen.'' Ocala Star-Banner''"Davis Wins Aussie Match In Five Sets" January 12, 1987, p 9 In the second round he faced world number one Ivan Lendl and lost in four sets. At Auckland in 1984, Saltz became the eighth player to win a Grand Prix tournament as a qualifier when he defeated Chip Hooper in the Benson and Hedges Open f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Rasheed
Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is an Australian former Australian rules football player, tennis player, tennis coach and tennis commentator with the Seven Network. Rasheed is best known as the coach of Australian former world No. 1 and major champion Lleyton Hewitt, former world No. 6 Gaël Monfils, former world No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, former world No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov, and for his website ProTennisCoach.com. In addition, he is the founder of the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation. Career Player Prior to his work as a coach, Rasheed was the youngest ever player to qualify for an Australian Open in 1985 at 16 years of age, a feat eclipsed by Lleyton Hewitt, whom Rasheed later coached. Rasheed also competed in the ATP Challenger Series and won four titles in 1992. He reached number 192 in ATP rankings and number 132 in the doubles rankings in 1992. Coaching In Australia, Rasheed is notable as Lleyton Hewitt's coach from 2003 until 2007. During Rasheed's tenure as coach, Hew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Anderson (tennis)
Adam Anderson (born 21 December 1969) is an Australian former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Sydney, Anderson was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder and competed on the professional tour in the late 1980s. He featured in the main draw of the 1988 and 1989 editions of the Australian Open. Anderson, along with wife Carol, appeared in series six of the reality cooking show ''My Kitchen Rules ''My Kitchen Rules'' (often abbreviated as ''MKR'') is an Australian competitive cooking game show broadcast on the Seven Network since 2010. The show is currently hosted and judged by chefs Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge, with Feildel being ...'' in 2015. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Adam 1969 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Australian Institute of Sport tennis players Participants in Australian reality television series 20th-century Australian sportsmen Sportsme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cahill (tennis)
Richard Cahill was an English professional footballer. An outside right, he played in the Football League for just one club, Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool .... He played 21 League games for the club during the 1911–12 campaign. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English men's footballers Blackpool F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards {{England-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Baroch
Michael Baroch (born 1 June 1966) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He won the boys' doubles title at the 1984 Australian Open, with Mark Kratzmann as his partner. Baroch, who reached a career high singles ranking of 434, qualified for the main draw of the 1987 Australian Open and lost in the first round to Mark Woodforde. He also featured in qualifying draws for the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the .... Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baroch, Mike 1966 births Living people Australian male tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Wood (tennis)
Steve Wood (born 25 June 1962) is an Australian business executive former professional tennis player. Born in Melbourne, Wood played NCAA Division I tennis in the United States while studying business at Louisiana State University, before embarking on a brief professional tennis career. He qualified for the 1987 Australian Open and in his second round match against Paul Annacone held a two set lead, but was beaten in five sets. Wood was CEO of Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Limited is the governing body for tennis in Australia. It is owned by Australian states and territories. The association organizes national and international tennis tournaments including the Australian Open, Australian Open Se ... from 2005 to 2013. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Steve 1962 births Living people Australian male tennis players LSU Tigers tennis players Australian expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players from Melbourne Australian sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Macpherson (tennis)
David Macpherson (born 3 July 1967) is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He was the former coach of John Isner and Bob and Mike Bryan. A product of player and coach, Tony Roche Anthony Dalton Roche Order of Australia, AO Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 17 May 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player. A native of Tarcutta, Roche played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga ...'s junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Tournament finals in 1983 and winning the Australia Open Junior Doubles title in 1985 (with Brett Custer). Known primarily as a doubles specialist, Macpherson's professional career was highlighted by his 1992 season with partner, Steve DeVries, where they won doubles titles in Milan, Manchester, Indian Wells, Atlanta, Charlotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dowlen
David Dowlen (born February 8, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player. Dowlen won the USTA National Boys 18 Championship in 1978. After, he was a leading player on the University of Houston tennis team. Dowlen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 30 in 1984. He achieved much of his success alongside doubles partner Nduka Odizor, including beating John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) .... Career finals Doubles (4 wins, 3 losses) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowlen, David American male tennis players Houston Cougars men's tennis players Tennis players from Houston Living people 1960 births 20th-century Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Walker (tennis)
Michael Walker (born 21 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Wales who competed for Great Britain and Hong Kong. Professional playing career Walker, who grew up in Colwyn Bay, was given a wild card into the 1986 Wimbledon Championships and lost his opening round match, which went five sets, to Swiss player Claudio Mezzadri. He returned to Wimbledon the following year, this time competing in the men's doubles, partnering Stephen Botfield. The pair were beaten in the first round by Glenn Layendecker and Glenn Michibata. He was a member of the Great Britain Davis Cup squad in 1987, although he wasn't called on to play a match. In the 1988 Wimbledon Championships he played mixed doubles with Joy Tacon, but was again unable to reach the second round. Coaching The next part of his career was spent in Hong Kong, where he was involved in coaching. From 1988 to 1990 he was national coach of the Hong Kong Sports Institute and he was then coaching director of the Hong K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hartnett
Mark Hartnett (born 1960s) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Hartnett, a top ranked Victorian junior, was trained at the AIS and won the boys' doubles title at the 1982 Australian Open. A left-handed player, he was a contemporary of Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upo ... and often partnered with the future Wimbledon winner in junior tournaments. Now a tennis coach, Hartnett runs the Pro Tennis Academy in Melbourne with his wife, former player Lisa Keller. He was named Tennis Victoria Coach of the Year in 2003. ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartnett, Mark 1960s births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Furlong
Stephen Furlong (born 10 January 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Early life Furlong, who was born in London, grew up in Sydney and attended Narrabeen Sports High School. At the age of 16 he joined the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra as one of the top juniors in the country. Tennis career A right-handed player, Furlong was runner-up to Shane Barr at the 1985 Australian Open boys' singles. His only win on the Grand Prix circuit came against Barr, at the 1986 Sydney Indoor, where he saved a match point in a second set tiebreak. He also competed on the Challenger tour and was a losing finalist to Laurie Warder at the 1988 Brisbane Challenger event. All of his main draw appearances at grand slam level were in doubles. He featured twice in the men's doubles at the Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |