Barry Phillips-Moore (9 June 1938 – 29 June 2023) was an Australian tennis player of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
In singles, Phillips-Moore twice reached the semifinals of the
Australian Championships, in
1961 and
1968. In doubles, he was a quarterfinalist at
Australian Championships / Australian Open eight times and the
French Open
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once, in
1972
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.
Phillips-Moore won the 1968
ATP Auckland Open defeating
Onny Parun in a five-set final.
Phillips-Moore won the 1971 ATP
Stuttgart Open defeating
István Gulyás in the final.
Phillips-Moore died on 29 June 2023, at the age of 85.
Career singles titles
Open era finals (2)
Doubles champion (1)
Singles finalist (1)
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1938 births
2023 deaths
Australian male tennis players
Sportsmen from South Australia
Tennis players from Adelaide
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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