Geoff Masters

Geoff Masters (born 19 September 1950) is an Australian former tennis player. He was part of doubles winning pairs in the US Open, Australian Open & Wimbledon tournaments during the 1970s, currently Masters is a commentator for international telecasts of tennis majors, such as the Australian Open which he has done for more than 20 years, originally with host broadcaster the Seven Network.

Tennis career

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Masters with Pam Teeguarden won the mixed doubles at the US Open in 1974. That year he also won the Australian Open's men's doubles with Ross Case. With the same partner Masters won the gentleman's doubles at Wimbledon in 1977.

Career finals

Doubles (23 wins, 18 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1972	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	1972	Kitzbühel Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mal Anderson	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1972	Seattle, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Template:Flagicon Wanaro N'Godrella	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	2.	1972	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Georges Goven Template:Flagicon Wanaro N'Godrella	6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	3.	1973	Rome Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	1973	Washington, D.C., US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	4.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6–7, 2–6
Win	4.	1974	Australian Open Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball Template:Flagicon Bob Giltinan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5.	1974	Hempstead, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Jeff Borowiak Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	1974	St. Louis, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	5.	1974	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–2
Win	6.	1974	Sydney, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win	8.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	7.	1975	St. Louis, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	4–6, 4–6
Win	9.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
Loss	8.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win	10.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–7, 4–6
Loss	11.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	12.	1976	Jackson WCT, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win	11.	1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13.	1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	14.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–3, 3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 5–7
Win	12.	1976	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Corrado Barazzutti	6–0, 6–1
Loss	15.	1977	San Jose, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	2–6, 3–6
Win	13.	1977	Denver, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–3
Win	14.	1977	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–9, 6–4
Loss	16.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	15.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley Template:Flagicon Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
Win	16.	1978	Sarasota, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell	Template:Flagicon Byron Bertram Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	17.	1978	Little Rock, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
Win	18.	1978	Dayton, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	6–3, 6–4
Loss	17.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–7
Win	19.	1978	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win	20.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon Pat Du Pré Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	6–3, 6–4
Loss	18.	1979	Houston, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	21.	1979	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ross Case	Template:Flagicon John James Template:Flagicon Chris Kachel	7–6, 6–2
Win	22.	1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	6–4, 6–4
Win	23.	1980	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rod Frawley	Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 4–6, 11–9

Post-tennis playing career

Masters can be heard calling Australian Open and Wimbledon matches for rights holder the Nine Network in Australia.

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