Neale Fraser
Neale Fraser at the 1972 Dutch Open
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| Full name | Neale Andrew Fraser |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Residence | Australia |
| Born |
3 October 1933 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Retired | 1977 |
| Plays | Left-handed (1-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1984 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 123–48 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1959, Lance Tingay) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1957, 1959, 1960) |
| French Open | SF (1959, 1962) |
| Wimbledon | W (1960) |
| US Open | W (1959, 1960) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 20–16 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1959) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1957, 1958, 1962) |
| French Open | W (1958, 1960, 1962) |
| Wimbledon | W (1959, 1961) |
| US Open | W (1957, 1959, 1960) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1956) |
| Wimbledon | W (1962) |
| US Open | W (1958, 1959, 1960) |
Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE (born 3 October 1933) is a former number one amateur male tennis-player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. Fraser is the last person to have won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles in a calendar year at a Grand Slam tournament on two consecutive occasions (US National, now US Open). Since that time, nobody has equalled that feat in a single year, let alone successively.
He was the son of barrister and politician Archibald Fraser. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne (Class of 1950) where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.
Fraser won the Wimbledon singles in 1960 and the US Championships singles in 1959 and 1960. Fraser failed to win the Australian Championships, finishing as runner-up on three occasions (1957, 1959 and 1960) and held a championship point in the 1960 final. Team play – doubles and Davis Cup – proved nearest to Fraser's heart. In doubles, Fraser took three Australian (1957, 1958, and 1962), French (1958, 1960, and 1962) and US (1957, 1959, and 1960) titles, and two Wimbledon (1959, and 1961) with three different partners, Ashley Cooper, Lew Hoad, and Roy Emerson.
Fraser was also successful in the mixed doubles, winning the Australian in 1956 with Beryl Penrose, Wimbledon in 1962, and the US from 1958 to 1960 with Margaret Osborne duPont. He holds the distinction of having won the US National (now Open) singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles in 1959 and then successfully defending those titles a year later. Since that time, no one has equalled that feat in a single year, let alone successively.
Fraser was ranked the World No. 1 amateur in 1959 and 1960 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph, and was in the top ten every year between 1956 and 1962.
Fraser became Davis Cup Captain for the Australian team in 1970, holding the position for a record 24 years and piloting Australia to four wins in 1973, 1977, 1983 and 1986, and recording 55 wins from 75 ties played.
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