Chris Johnstone (born 12 October 1960) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
player from
Australia.
Career
Johnstone was runner-up to
Pat Serret at the 1978 Australian Junior Championships.
His best
Grand Slam performance came at the
1982 Wimbledon Championships, where he had wins over
David Schneider and
Jay Lapidus, to make the third round.
In the mixed doubles he and partner
Pam Whytcross
Pam Whytcross (born 25 November 1953) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In a nine-year professional career beginning in 1977, Whytcross won 3 doubles titles and was a losing finalist with Naoko Satō at the 1978 Australian ...
were semi-finalists.
A right-hander, Johnstone made the finals in both the singles and doubles draws at the
1982 South Australian Open.
[ He lost the singles final to ]Mike Bauer
Mike Bauer (born June 29, 1959) is a retired American tour professional tennis player. Bauer won three singles and nine top-tier doubles titles during his career. He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 29 in November 1984.
Car ...
but won the doubles, with Pat Cash
Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player. 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. Upon winning t ...
.[
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Grand Prix career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Challenger titles
Singles: (2)
Doubles: (4)
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1960 births
Living people
Australian male tennis players
Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia
Sportsmen from Western Australia