Tony Roche

Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE (born 17 May 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

A native of Tarcutta, Roche played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga.<ref name="Roche">Template:Cite web</ref> He won one Grand Slam singles title, the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros, and 15 Grand Slam doubles titles (12 of these with John Newcombe).

In 1968, Roche won the WCT/NTL combined professional championship in men's singles in the final event of the season at Madison Square Garden. He was ranked World No. 2 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1969.<ref name="USLTAEncyclopedia"/>

He won the U.S. Pro Championships in 1970 at Longwood in Boston. Roche won the New South Wales Open twice, in 1969 and 1976. He won a key Davis Cup singles match in 1977.

He also coached multi-Grand Slam winning world No. 1s Ivan Lendl, Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt as well as former World No. 4 Jelena Dokic.

Playing career

Amateur

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Roche at the Amsterdam tournament in 1969

Roche started to play tennis at school when he was nine. His father, who worked as a butcher, and his mother were both recreational tennis players and encouraged his interest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Roche grew up playing in Australia under the tutelage of Harry Hopman, who also coached other Australian tennis players such as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.

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Roche at Wimbledon circa 1983 in mixed doubles

Roche won one singles Grand Slam tournament, the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros, defeating István Gulyás in straight sets in the final. He was runner-up at the French Championships in 1965, where he beat Roy Emerson in four sets in the semi finals<ref name=":roceme1965fre">Template:Cite news</ref> before losing to Fred Stolle and 1967, when he lost to Emerson in the final.

Professional

In January 1968, Roche turned professional, signing with World Championship Tennis, joining other pros like John Newcombe, Cliff Drysdale, Nikola Pilić and Roger Taylor to form the "Handsome Eight".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Roche was guaranteed $125,000 annually, an amount equivalent to the annual salary of Willie Mays, the top paid baseball player.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Roche was the leading money winner on the WCT tour in 1968.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In the 1968 final in the combined WCT/NTL professional event at Madison Square Garden, Roche defeated Rod Laver in the semifinal and Pancho Gonzales in the final.Template:Sfnp At Wimbledon 1968 Roche beat Ken Rosewall in the fourth round in straight sets. "Roche played brilliantly. Rosewall never got going and netted shots that should have been winners".<ref name=":rosroch1968wim">Template:Cite news</ref> He lost in the final in straight sets to Rod Laver. "Roche played a more consistent game, but Laver produced the flashes of genius that won the big points".<ref name=":lavroch1968wim">Template:Cite news</ref>

Roche held a personal head-to-head edge over Laver during the latter's Grand Slam season of 1969, 5 to 4. At the News South Wales Open in Sydney, Roche beat Laver in the final in four sets. Rod didn't serve well "so Laver had to call upon his impromptu brilliance so many times to win points. He just couldn't keep it up against the tighter play of Roche."<ref name=":roclav1969syd">Template:Cite news</ref> The following week Roche and Laver played a classic match against each other in the 1969 Australian Open at Brisbane, two days after Roche had won a five set quarter final against John Newcombe.<ref name=":rocnew1969aus">Template:Cite news</ref> The Laver-Roche semi final was one of the longest matches played at that stage in tennis history (they were on court for 4 hours and 45 minutes in searing heat). Roche "displayed phenomenal fighting qualities to come from two sets down to get back on level terms with Laver" but Laver won the fifth set.<ref name=":roclav1969aus">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>1969 Australian Open. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maUzQvkJX_k</ref> Roche lost in the French Open semi finals to Rosewall<ref name=":rocros1969fre">Template:Cite news</ref> and the Wimbledon semi finals to Newcombe.<ref name=":rocnew1969wim">Template:Cite news</ref> Roche contested the final match of Laver's Grand Slam run that year, the 1969 U.S. Open final, after beating Newcombe in five sets in the semi finals in intense humidity.<ref name=":rocnew1969us">Template:Cite news</ref> Laver beat Roche in four sets. The match started late due to rain and the court was dried by a helicopter to get it into a playable condition.<ref name=":lavroch1969us">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>1969 U.S. Open final. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwPo-6Hxiuk</ref>

Roche won the U.S. Pro Championships at Longwood, Boston in 1970, defeating Laver in a hard fought five set final. He lost in the 1970 US Open final in four sets against Ken Rosewall.<ref name=":rosroch1970us">Template:Cite news</ref>

Roche missed much of the 1972 and 1973 seasons due to an elbow injury to his playing arm. He had surgery and then visited a faith healer in Manila.<ref name=":roche1973">Template:Cite news</ref> He returned to regular play in 1974 and in December that year won his first title in more than two years when he beat Phil Dent in the final in five sets on a windy day to win the New South Wales championships.<ref name=":roche1974nsw">Template:Cite news</ref> At the 1975 Australian Open, Roche led Newcombe 5-2 in the fifth set and had 3 match points before losing their semi final.<ref name=":roche1975aus">Template:Cite news</ref> After beating Ken Rosewall in the fourth round, Roche lost in five sets in the Wimbledon 1975 semi finals to Arthur Ashe.<ref name=":roche1975wim">Template:Cite news</ref>

Roche won his fourth New South Wales title (his first title was in the amateur era) by volleying well to beat Dick Stockton in the 1976 final in four sets.<ref name=":roche1976nsw">Template:Cite news</ref> Perhaps one of his greatest achievements came in 1977, playing singles in the finals of the Davis Cup tournament versus Italy, nearly 10 years since he had last played for Australia. In the tie, Roche upset top Italian Adriano Panatta in three straight sets to lead Australia to a 3–1 victory, winning the Davis Cup. One of his last great victories was in the final of Queen's in 1978, when the 33-year-old Roche beat 19-year-old John McEnroe in "as good a final as Queen's have had".<ref name=":rocmce1978">Template:Cite news</ref>

Shoulder and elbow injuries cut short his career after having finished in the top 10 for six consecutive years.

Coaching career

After completing his playing career, Roche has developed a highly successful career as a tennis coach. He was the player-coach of the Denver Racquets who won the first World Team Tennis in competition 1974, and he was named WTT Coach of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ivan Lendl hired Roche in 1985 as a full-time coach for Roche's advice on volleying.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lendl dreamed of winning Wimbledon, and because Roche had been a fine grass court player, he sought his tutelage. Roche also coached former world no. 1 Patrick Rafter from 1997 to the end of his career in 2002. Roche coached world no. 1 Roger Federer from 2005 to 12 May 2007. It is reputed this was on a "handshake agreement" with no contract; Roche was paid by the week. Federer hired Roche for the opposite reason that Lendl hired him: to work on his clay-court game (as Roche had won the 1966 French Championships). He also coached two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Lleyton Hewitt, who was aiming to get his career back on track after a number of unsuccessful years on the ATP Tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Honours

Roche was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1981 and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside doubles partner and close friend John Newcombe in 1986.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1990 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Centenary Medal in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1965	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	6–3, 0–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1966	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon István Gulyás	6–1, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1967	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	1969	US Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	9–7, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1970	US Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1964	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6, 13–11, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1965	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1966	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	9–7, 3–6, 8–6, 12–14, 10–12
Win	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Bill Bowrey Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson	3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6
Win	1967	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher	6–3, 9–7, 12–10
Win	1967	U.S. Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Bill Bowrey Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson	6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
↓ Open Era ↓
Win	1968	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Win	1969	French Open (2)	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1969	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win	1970	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win	1971	Australian Open (3)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Win	1974	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1976	Australian Open (4)	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4
Win	1977(Template:Tooltip)	Australian Open (5)	Grass	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1965	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart	Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher	10–12, 3–6
Win	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart	Template:Flagicon Robyn Ebbern Template:Flagicon William Bowrey	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1967	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart	Template:Flagicon Lesley Turner Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson	7–9, 4–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1969	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart	Template:Flagicon Ann Haydon Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	2–6, 3–6
Win	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	Career SR
Australian Open	A	QF	SF	QF	SF	A	SF	QF	3R	A	A	2R	SF	QF	3R	1R	QF	3R	0 / 14
French Open	1R	2R	F	W	F	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		A	A	1 / 6
Wimbledon	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	F	SF	QF	1R	A	A	3R	SF	4R	A		1R	A	0 / 13
US Open	3R	QF	A	3R	A	4R	F	F	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A		A	A	0 / 8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2		0 / 2	0 / 1	1 / 41

Open-Era finals

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Singles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runners-up)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1968	Sydney WCT	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Nikola Pilic	96–33
Loss	1.	1968	Miami WCT	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Butch Buchholz	22–31, 26–31
Loss	2.	1968	Fresno WCT	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Butch Buchholz	23–31, 29–31
Loss	3.	1968	Baltimore WCT	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	1968	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	1968	Pretoria WCT	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	9–11, 6–4, 3–6
Win	2.	1968	Johannesburg WCT	Hard	Template:Flagicon Butch Buchholz	6-2, 9-7
Loss	6.	1968	Durban WCT	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	1968	Port Elizabeth WCT	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	8–10
Win	3.	1968	Cape Town WCT	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	6-2, 6-1
Loss	8.	1968	Kimberley WCT	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	8–10
Win	4.	1968	Vienna WCT	Indoor Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6-4, 7-5
Win	5.	1968	Madison Square Garden, New York City	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pancho Gonzales	6-3, 6-4
Loss	9.	1969	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	3–6, 6–0, 4–6, 1–6
Win	6.	1969	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 12–10
Win	7.	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	1969	Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Pro Indoor	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Win	8.	1969	Hollywood	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–3, 9–7, 6–4
Win	9.	1969	Oakland	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	4–6, 6–4, 11–9
Loss	11.	1969	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	10.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	6–1, 5–7, 8–6, 7–5
Loss	12.	1969	US Open, New York	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	9–7, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	11.	1969	Tucson	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	9–7, 6–1
Win	12.	1969	Vienna	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	w/o
Loss	13.	1969	Wembley, UK	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win	13.	1970	Australian round robin	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	14.	1970	Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	4–6, 4–6, 6–4 rtd.
Loss	15.	1970	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	3–6, 6–8, 2–6
Win	14.	1970	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–3, 6–1
Win	15.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Win	16.	1970	Boston, US Pro	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	16.	1970	US Open, New York	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	17.	1972	Washington WCT, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	17.	1973	Kansas City	Hard	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	18.	1974	Bombay, India	Clay	Template:Flagicon Onny Parun	3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win	18.	1974	Sydney	Grass	Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	7–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
Loss	19.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	19.	1976	Charlotte WCT, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	20.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	20.	1977	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 1–6, 1–6, 5–7
Win	21.	1978	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	8–6, 9–7

Doubles

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1968	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Loss	1.	1968	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	4–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	1968	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	Template:Flagicon Mal Anderson Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	3.	1969	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–8, 4–6
Win	2.	1969	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win	4.	1970	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win	5.	1970	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	8–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6.	1971	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Win	7.	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	7–6, 7–6
Loss	4.	1971	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	8.	1971	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss	5.	1972	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–7
Loss	6.	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1972	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	8.	1972	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	DEF
Win	10.	1972	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	7–6, 6–2
Loss	9.	1972	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	11.	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Win	12.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	10.	1974	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	13.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	11.	1974	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	4–6, 4–6
Win	14.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4
Win	15.	1976	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	6–3, 7–5
Win	16.	1977	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	1977	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Loss	13.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	4–6, 1–6
Win	17.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win	18.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon John Marks	6–4, 6–3

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