John Sharpe (born 18 May 1939) is an Australian born Canadian former professional
tennis
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player.
Born in
Melbourne
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, Sharpe featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments while touring as an Australian in the early 1960s. His best performance came at the
1961 U.S. National Championships, where he made it through to the fourth round.
Sharpe studied in the United States at
Pan American College, Texas and was a member of their collegiate tennis team. Around 1965 he moved to Toronto for work and in 1968 became eligible to play for his adoptive country. During this period he was also studying to be a stockbroker and was largely absent from the international tour.
In 1969, he began touring again as a member of the
Canada Davis Cup team, appearing in a total of five ties in three years. This includes a 3-2 win over New Zealand in 1970 to qualify Canada for the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, with his singles win over
Onny Parun
Onny Parun (born 15 April 1947) is a former tennis player of Croatian descent from New Zealand, who was among the world's top 20 for five years and who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1971 and 1972. He made the final of the Australia ...
as well as his doubles victory against Parun and
Brian Fairlie important to the final outcome.
See also
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List of Canada Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1939 births
Living people
Australian male tennis players
Canadian male tennis players
Australian emigrants to Canada
University of Texas–Pan American alumni
College men's tennis players in the United States
Expatriate tennis players in the United States
Tennis players from Melbourne
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
20th-century Australian sportsmen