Martin Mulligan

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Martin "Marty" Mulligan (born 18 October 1940) is a former tennis player from Australia. He is best known for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1962, where he was defeated by fellow Australian Rod Laver.[1][2]

Personal life

Mulligan was born in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. His maternal grandparents were Italian, from Orsago, Treviso, Veneto. They moved to Australia in 1900.[3]

Tennis career

Juniors

In 1958, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Championships[4] as well as the Boys' Doubles (with Bob Hewitt).[5]

Career

He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the Australian Championships in 1961.[6] In 1962, he was in the finals of the Dutch Open in Hilversum, and he won the men's singles title at the Italian Championships three times in 1963, 1965 and 1967.[7][8] He won singles titles in 1967 and 1968 at the Swedish Open in Bastad and the Austrian Open at Kitzbuhel (1967). Mulligan won the 1970 Japan Championships. He was ranked in the world's top 10 in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1967, reaching as high as world no. 4 in the latter year.[9] Mulligan won 1960 U.S. Claycourts doubles (with Hewitt) and the 1962 German doubles (with Hewitt). Mulligan was a member of the 1968 Italian Davis Cup team,[10] playing a total of 11 matches.[11] Mulligan was ranked no. 1 in Italy between 1968 and 1971. He was the coach of Italian Davis Cup team for 10 years and was the first non-Italian to receive the Golden Racquet Award by the Italian Tennis Federation.[12]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner–up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1962 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Rod Laver 2–6, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1961 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver
Template:Flagicon Bob Mark		 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6

References

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External links

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