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Jack Crawford (tennis player)
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:''For the 18th-Century British war hero of the same name, see
Jack Crawford''
Image:Jack crawford.JPG thumb|Jack Crawford
'''John Herbert Crawford''', known as '''Jack Crawford''', was a great
Australian tennis player of the 1930s. He was born
March 22,
1908, in
Albury, New South Wales Albury,
New South Wales, and died
September 10,
1991. Although he won a number of major championship titles, he is best known, perhaps, for something he did not do - complete the tennis
Grand Slam (tennis) Grand Slam five years before
Don Budge accomplished the feat for the first time.
In 1933 Crawford won the
Australian Open Australian,
French Open French, and
Wimbledon Championships British championships, needing to win the
U.S. Open (tennis) American championship to complete the slam. An
asthma asthmatic who suffered in the muggy summer heat of
Forest Hills Long Island, he was leading the Englishman
Fred Perry in the finals of the championship by two sets to one when his strength began to fade. He ended up losing the match, and tennis immortality, by the final score of 3-6, 13-11, 6-4, 0-6, 1-6.
He was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame in
Newport, Rhode Island in 1979.
'''Grand Slam Tournament wins:'''
*
Australian Open Australian Championships:
**singles champion - 1931-33, 1935
**doubles champion - 1929-30, 32, 1935
**mixed doubles champion - 1931-33
*
French Open French Championships:
**singles champion - 1933
**doubles champion - 1935
**mixed doubles champion - 1933
*
Wimbledon Championships:
**singles champion - 1933
**doubles champion - 1935
**mixed doubles champion - 1930
Category:1908 births Crawford, Jack
Category:1991 deaths Crawford, Jack
Category:Australian tennis players Crawford, Jack
See
List of male tennis players a thorough list of tennis greats throughout the years.
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