Kim Warwick

Kim Warwick
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Clearwater, Florida
Born	8 April 1952 (age 73); Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1970
Retired	1987 (brief comeback in 1996)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$994,045
Singles
Career record	268–253
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 15 (12 October 1981)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1980)
French Open	2R (1977, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	4R (1977)
US Open	QF (1982)
Doubles
Career record	449–289
Career titles	26
Highest ranking	No. 10 (9 December 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1978, 1980, 1981)
French Open	W (1985)
Wimbledon	QF (1977, 1982)
US Open	SF (1977)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1972, 1976)
Wimbledon	F (1972)

Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970 to 1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980.^[1] He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten including Guillermo Vilas, Raúl Ramírez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, and Roland Garros 1985, and was also a runner-up in Australian Open 1986, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won 6–4, 6–4.

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Wojciech Fibak	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
Win	1980	Australian Open	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	1985	French Open	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	1985	Australian Open	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1972	French Open	Clay	Evonne Goolagong	Françoise Dürr Jean-Claude Barclay	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	Rosemary Casals Ilie Năstase	4–6, 4–6
Win	1976	French Open	Clay	Ilana Kloss	Linky Boshoff Colin Dowdeswell	5–7, 7–6, 6–2

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	SR
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	3R	1R	1R	3R	3R	F	QF	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 13
French Open	A	A	P2	1R	A	A	1R	2R		1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	1R	A	3R	3R	3R	4R		2R	1R	2R	A	1R	A	Q3	Q1	Q2	0 / 10
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R		1R	1R	A	A	QF	3R	A	A	A	0 / 8
Strike rate	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 5		0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 37

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1972	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Alex Metreveli	3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	2.	1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Onny Parun	3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1976	Bangalore, India	Clay	Sashi Menon	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3.	1977	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	1978	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Ulrich Pinner	2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	5.	1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Tim Wilkison	3–6, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 2–6
Win	2.	1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Bernard Mitton	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Loss	6.	1980	Queen's Club, England	Grass	John McEnroe	3–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	6–4, 4–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	3.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Fritz Buehning	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	8.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Brian Teacher	5–7, 6–7^(4–7), 3–6

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1974	Omaha, U.S.	Other	Ian Fletcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	1974	Tempe, U.S.	Hard	Ian Fletcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	1.	1974	Cedar Grove, U.S.	Other	Steve Siegel	Dick Crealy Bob Tanis	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	3.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Patrice Dominguez	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	3–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	1975	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Allan Stone	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 6–7
Loss	5.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Syd Ball	Ross Case Geoff Masters	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	1976	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Dick Crealy	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Win	2.	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7.	1976	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Win	3.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Cliff Letcher Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	9.	1977	Denver, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Syd Ball	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	2–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	1977	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Phil Dent	Bob Hewitt Karl Meiler	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Geoff Masters	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
Win	5.	1977	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Syd Ball	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
Win	6.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	11.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson Tom Okker	4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	12.	1978	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Mark Edmondson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win	7.	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Wojciech Fibak	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–6, 7–5
Win	8.	1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	13.	1980	Metz, France	Carpet (i)	Chris Delaney	Colin Dibley Gene Mayer	6–7, 5–7
Win	9.	1980	Nice, France	Clay	Chris Delaney	Stanislav Birner Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–0
Win	10.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
Win	11.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Loss	14.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 4–6
Win	12.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	14.	1982	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Win	15.	1982	Guarujá, Brazil	Clay	Phil Dent	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	15.	1982	Denver, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Phil Dent	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 4–6
Win	16.	1982	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Syd Ball Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
Loss	16.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–7
Win	17.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Rod Frawley Pavel Složil	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	17.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	w/o
Loss	18.	1982	Hong Kong	Hard	Van Winitsky	Charles Strode Morris Strode	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	18.	1983	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Brad Drewett	Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	19.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet (i)	Mark Edmondson	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–7
Win	19.	1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Wally Masur	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 6–4
Loss	20.	1984	Toronto, Canada	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 2–6
Loss	21.	1985	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	5–7, 5–7, 4–6
Win	20.	1985	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	21.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	22.	1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 4–6
Loss	23.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Mark Edmondson	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 2–6
Win	22.	1985	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Brad Drewett	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	24.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	23.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
Win	24.	1986	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
Win	25.	1986	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Pat Cash Slobodan Živojinović	6–4, 6–4
Loss	25.	1986	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Win	26.	1987	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	26.	1988	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	4–6, 4–6

Kim Warwick

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Doubles (26 titles, 26 runners-up)

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