Bill Sidwell

Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (16 April 1920 – 19 August 2021) was an Australian tennis player.

Sidwell reached five Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, at the 1949 U.S. National Championships with compatriot John Bromwich. He also played in the Davis Cup in 1948 and 1949 where Australia lost to the United States both years in the Challenge Round. As a junior, he won the Australian Open boys' singles event in 1939. Sidwell played golf regularly in place of tennis.

He was ranked world No. 10 for 1949 by John Olliff. As of December 2008, Sidwell was still organising golf events at the age of 88. He turned 100 in April 2020 and died in Caringbah in August 2021, at the age of 101.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1947	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Brown	Template:Flagicon Eustace Fannin Template:Flagicon Eric Sturgess	4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1947	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tony Mottram	Template:Flagicon Bob Falkenburg Template:Flagicon Jack Kramer	6–8, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1949	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Geoff Brown	Template:Flagicon John Bromwich Template:Flagicon Adrian Quist	6–1, 5–7, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1949	US National Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Bromwich	Template:Flagicon Frank Sedgman Template:Flagicon George Worthington	6–4, 6–0, 6–1
Loss	1950	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Geoff Brown	Template:Flagicon John Bromwich Template:Flagicon Adrian Quist	5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Thelma Coyne Long	Template:Flagicon Nancye Wynne Bolton Template:Flagicon Colin Long	5–7, 6–4, 6–8

External links

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• AVGA official website

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