Australian tennis player

Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO (born 8 October 1938) is an Australian former amateur world No. 1 tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Honours
• 3 Grand Slam finals
  • 3.1 Singles (2 *les, 6 runners-up)
  • 3.2 Doubles (10 *les, 6 runners-up)
• 4 Open-era doubles *les (10)
• 5 Performance timeline
  • 5.1 Singles
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Career

Stolle is notable for being the only male player in history to have lost his first five Grand Slam singles finals, the fifth of which he led by two sets to love. However, Stolle went on to win two Grand Slam tournament singles *les, the 1965 French Championships and the 1966 US Championships. At Wimbledon and the Australian Championships he finished as runner-up in these tournaments and losing to compatriot Roy Emerson on no fewer than five occasions. World Tennis magazine ranked Stolle world No. 1 amateur in 1966.

Stolle won ten Grand Slam doubles *les, partnering with compatriots Bob Hewitt (4 *les), Roy Emerson (4 *les) and Ken Rosewall (2 *les). In addition Stolle won 7 Grand Slam mixed doubles *les.

As a member of the Australian Davis Cup team Stolle won the Davis Cup *le in 1964, 1965 and 1966. In 1964 Stolle and Emerson were briefly suspended from the Australian Davis Cup team for going on an overseas tour in defiance of a Lawn Tennis *ociation of Australia order to remain in Australia until April.

Stolle turned professional in 1966, and as a pro, won two singles and 13 doubles *les. He earned about US$500,000 in career prize money.

Stolle coached Vitas Gerulaitis from 1977 until 1983.

For many years, Stolle did TV commentary for ESPN and other tennis broadcasts. He currently provides commentary on Grand Slam tennis tournaments for Australia's Fox Sports and the Nine Network.

Honours

For his contribution to the tennis sport Fred Stolle was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1988 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005. In 2020, Stolle was awarded the ITF Philippe Chatrier Award, for his contribution to tennis both during his career and post-retirement.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 *les, 6 runners-up)

Doubles (10 *les, 6 runners-up)

Open-era doubles *les (10)

Performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

References

External links

• Fred Stolle at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• Fred Stolle at the International Tennis Federation
• Fred Stolle at the Davis Cup
• Fred Stolle at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Fred Stolle at Tennis Australia

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