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Kim Warwick

Australian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Kim Warwick
country
residence	Clearwater, Florida
birth_date
birth_place	Sydney, Australia
height
turnedpro	1970
retired	1987 (brief comeback in 1996)
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	$994,045
singlesrecord	268–253 (51.4%)
singlestitles	3
highestsinglesranking	No. 15 (12 October 1981)
AustralianOpenresult	F (1980)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (1977, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledonresult	4R (1977)
USOpenresult	QF (1982)
doublesrecord	449–289 (60.8%)
doublestitles	26
highestdoublesranking	No. 10 (9 December 1985)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1978, 1980, 1981)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	W (1985)
WimbledonDoublesresult	QF (1977, 1982)
USOpenDoublesresult	SF (1977)
FrenchOpenMixedresult	W (1972, 1976)
WimbledonMixedresult	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 by beating Guillermo Vilas in the semi finals. "I thought I'd shown him that unless he played his best tennis I would beat him" said Warwick afterwards. In the final, Warwick (who had been suffering from a shoulder injury throughout the event) was plagued by the injury and lost in straight sets to Brian Teacher. 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. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won.

Warwick also was a member of the winning team of World Team Tennis in 1975 (Pittsburgh Triangles) and 1986 (San Antonio Racquets). Warwick also holds the record for the most match points missed in a losing effort, having held eleven chances to defeat eventual champion Adriano Panatta in the Rome Masters in 1976.

His best record is his streak of 21 consecutive Grand Slam appearances; it began in 1975, and did not end until 1980. His record would later be surpassed by Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg, who would run it out to 54 consecutive Grand Slam appearances.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1980	Australian Open	Grass	USA Brian Teacher	5–7, 6–7(4–7), 3–6

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

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

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

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

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

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
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

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

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

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

Doubles (26 titles, 26 runners-up)

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

References

(5 January 1981). "Nice present for Teacher". The Age.
"1980 Australian Open results". atpworldtour.com.
(1 June 2013). "Tommy Haas converts 13th match point to beat Isner in five sets". BBC Sport.

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