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Don Candy

Don Candy

Australian tennis player (1929–2020)

Don Candy (31 March 1929 – 14 June 2020[1]) was an Australian tennis player who was mainly successful in doubles.[2]

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At the Grand Slam tournaments he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships singles event in 1952 and 1959. In the singles event at the French Championships he reached the eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.[3][4][5]

In June 1951 Candy won the singles title at the Kent Championships, a grass court tournament held in Beckenham, defeating Gardnar Mulloy in three sets.[6] The next year, 1952, he again reached the Kent final but on this occasion lost in three sets to Ham Richardson.[7] In July 1951 he won the Midlands counties men's singles title after a straight sets victory in the final against Naresh Kumar from India.[8]

In 1956 he won the Men's Doubles title at the French Championships. With his American partner Bob Perry he won against compatriots Ashley Cooper and Lew Hoad in three straight sets.[9]

After his active career he moved to Baltimore in 1967 where he coached the World Team Tennis Baltimore Banners and later became the coach of Pam Shriver.[10] In 2022 Shriver disclosed that she had been in a multi-year relationship with Candy, that started when she was a young player.[11][12]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 6 runners-up)

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References

  1. [1]
    "Remembering Don Candy". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Players – Don Candy". ATP World Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Australian Open – Boys' Singles". Juniors. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. [4]
    Lawrence, Don (21 January 1959). "Don Candy Will Fight Ban on Private Tour". The Age. p. 11. Retrieved 25 February 2010 – via Google News Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Perry, Candy Take French Tennis Title". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 28 May 1956. Retrieved 25 February 2010 – via Google News Archive.
  6. [6]
    "Candy Upsets Mulloy in Kent Tennis Final". The New York Times. 17 June 1951.
  7. [7]
    "Protest By Candy". The West Australian. Perth. 16 June 1952. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. [8]
    "Marathon tennis". The Cairns Post. Cairns, Queensland. 16 July 1951. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. [9]
    Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  10. [10]
    "Gear Talk: Q&A With Pam Shriver". Tennis.com. 7 April 2011.
  11. [11]
    Shriver, Pam (20 April 2022). "Pam Shriver exclusive: 'I was in an inappropriate relationship with my 50-year-old coach at 17'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Pam Shriver's Story: Me, my coach, and the danger of crossing boundaries". The Tennis Podcast. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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