Pat O'Hara Wood

Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.

O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1920 and 1923. Pat was quick around the court, had textbook groundstrokes, sharp volleys and a solid serve. He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond, Australia. His brother Arthur O'Hara Wood (1890–1918) was also an Australian tennis player and won the 1914 Australasian Championships.

After attending Melbourne Grammar School, he entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1911, where he excelled at cricket as well as tennis, leading the Trinity College team to a memorable victory against Ormond College in March 1911, where he made 167 not out. In 1916, as a 23-year-old law student, he enlisted as an officer in the Australian Army. In 1919, as Captain Pat O'Hara-Wood, he and Bombardier Randolph Lycett won the doubles event at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris.

On 3 August 1923 he married Australian tennis player Meryl Waxman.

Grand Slams finals

Singles: 2 titles

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1920	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ronald Thomas	6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3
Win	1923	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bert St. John	6–1, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1919	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ronald Thomas	Template:Flagicon James Anderson Template:Flagicon Arthur Lowe	7–5, 6–1, 7–9, 3–6, 6–3
Win	1919	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ronald Thomas	Template:Flagicon Rodney Heath Template:Flagicon Randolph Lycett	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	1920	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ronald Thomas	Template:Flagicon Horace Rice Template:Flagicon Roy Taylor	6–1, 6–0, 7–5
Loss	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	Template:Flagicon James Anderson Template:Flagicon Randolph Lycett	6–3, 9–7, 4–6, 3–6, 9–11
Loss	1922	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	Template:Flagicon Vincent Richards Template:Flagicon Bill Tilden	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1923	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bert St. John	Template:Flagicon Dudley Bullough Template:Flagicon Horace Rice	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Loss	1924	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	Template:Flagicon James Anderson Template:Flagicon Norman Brookes	2–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1924	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	Template:Flagicon Howard Kinsey Template:Flagicon Robert Kinsey	5–7, 7–5, 9–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1925	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	Template:Flagicon James Anderson Template:Flagicon Fred Kalms	6–4, 8–6, 7–5
Loss	1926	Australasian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon James Anderson	Template:Flagicon John Hawkes Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	1–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	1927	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ian McInnes	Template:Flagicon John Hawkes Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	6–8, 2–6, 1–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 title

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Suzanne Lenglen	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Template:Flagicon Randolph Lycett	6–4, 6–3

External links

• ADB biography
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