John Newcombe
John Newcombe
John David Newcombe, AO, OBEis a former tennis player from Australia who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and an all-time record 17 doubles titles. He is one of the few men to have been ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the Grand Slams. Tennis Magazine ranked Newcombe the 10th best male player of the period...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth23 May 1944
CountryAustralia
I tried out for the cricket team, then found out I had to play Saturday mornings... or Saturday afternoons and practice twice a week.
In the morning of course, I'd have to, John would have to go round and apologise to everyone for what Jack had done or said to them.
A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult.
They wrote it that my moustache was insured for 13 million.