Don Candy (31 March 1929 – 14 June 2020) was an
Australian
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tennis player
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who was mainly successful in doubles.
At the Grand Slam tournaments he reached the quarterfinals of the
Australian Championships
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singles event in 1952 and 1959. In the singles event at the
French Championships
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he reached the eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.
In June 1951 Candy won the singles title at the
Kent Championships, a grass court tournament held in Beckenham, defeating
Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C., and centenarian, turned 100 in Novem ...
in three sets. The next year, 1952, he again reached the Kent final but on this occasion lost in three sets to
. In July 1951 he won the Midlands counties men's singles title after a straight sets victory in the final against
Naresh Kumar from India.
In 1956 he won the Men's Doubles title at the French Championships. With his American partner
Bob Perry he won against compatriots
Ashley Cooper and
Lew Hoad
Lewis Alan Hoad (23 November 1934 – 3 July 1994) was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur (the Australian Championships, French Championships and two Wimbledons ...
in three straight sets.
After his active career he moved to
Baltimore
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in 1967 where he coached the
World Team Tennis
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Baltimore Banners and later became the coach of
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and List of W ...
. In 2022 Shriver disclosed that she had been in a multi-year relationship with Candy, that started when she was a young player.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 6 runners-up)
References
External links
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Australian Open Player Profile
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1929 births
2020 deaths
Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
Australian male tennis players
French Championships (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Tennis players from South Australia
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
20th-century Australian sportsmen
Sportsmen from South Australia