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Mark Edmondson

Australian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Mark Edmondson
country	Australia
birth_date
birth_place	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
height	1.85 m
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
singlesrecord	256–242 (51.21%)
singlestitles	6
highestsinglesranking	No. 15 (17 May 1982)
AustralianOpenresult	W (1976)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (1977)
Wimbledonresult	SF (1982)
USOpenresult	3R (1977, 1981, 1983)
doublestitles	34
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	W (1985)
Team	yes
DavisCupresult	W (1983)

Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

Edmondson entered the 1976 Australian Open ranked 212th in the world. After beating top seed Ken Rosewall in the semi finals, Edmondson beat defending champion John Newcombe in the final in four sets on a day when the wind was so severe that the players left the court for half an hour at the peak of the windstorm. When the storm arrived the temperature dropped from 104 degrees to 79 degrees in five minutes and prior to the storm, 130 spectators had been treated for heat exhaustion. Edmondson mastered the conditions better than Newcombe and served particularly well. He remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open.

Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982. At Wimbledon 1982 he beat Vitas Gerulaitis in the quarter finals before losing in straight sets to Jimmy Connors in the semis. This took him to a career-high singles ranking of #15. As a doubles player, he won 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.

Grand Slam performance

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Australian Open	2R	W	QF	A	2R	QF	3R	SF	1R	3R	2R	1R	NH
French Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	SF	3R	3R	1R	1R	A
US Open	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A

Finals, 10 (6 wins, 4 losses)

Singles, 1 (1 win)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1976	Australian Open	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1

Doubles, 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1980	Australian Open	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	AUS Peter McNamara
AUS Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	1981	Australian Open (2)	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Hank Pfister
USA John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	1983	Australian Open (3)	Grass	AUS Paul McNamee	USA Steve Denton
USA Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1983	French Open	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Hans Simonsson
SWE Anders Järryd	7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2
Win	1984	Australian Open (4)	Grass	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Joakim Nyström
SWE Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	1985	Australian Open	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Paul Annacone
RSA Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1985	French Open	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	ISR Shlomo Glickstein
SWE Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3

Mixed doubles 2 (2 losses)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	AUS Dianne Fromholtz	USA Tracy Austin
USA John Austin	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Loss	1986	French Open	Clay	RSA Rosalyn Fairbank	USA Kathy Jordan
USA Ken Flach	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Career finals

Singles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win	2–0	1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	AUS Phil Dent	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	AUS John Alexander	6–4, 7–6
Loss	3–1	1979	Hobart, Australia	Hard	ARG Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–2	1979	Surbiton, England	Grass	USA Victor Amaya	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–2	1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	AUS Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–3	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	ITA Gianni Ocleppo	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–3	1981	Bristol, England	Grass	USA Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6–3	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	NZL Chris Lewis	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	6–4	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	USA Vincent Van Patten	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	6–5	1981	Hong Kong	Hard	USA Van Winitsky	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6
Loss	6–6	1983	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	USA Jimmy Connors	6–7, 1–6

Doubles (34 titles, 34 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	AUS John Marks	AUS Chris Kachel
AUS Peter McNamara	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1.	1976	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Clay	AUS John Marks	USA John Andrews
AUS Colin Dibley	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	AUS John Marks	AUS Syd Ball
AUS Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–7
Win	2.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	AUS John Marks	FRA Jean-Louis Haillet
FRA François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3.	1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	AUS John Marks	ITA Corrado Barazzutti
ITA Adriano Panatta	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	3.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	NED Tom Okker	RSA Bob Hewitt
AUS Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	4.	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	AUS Bob Carmichael	HUN Péter Szőke
HUN Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
Loss	4.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	AUS Bob Carmichael	NED Tom Okker
HUN Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 3–6
Loss	5.	1978	Stowe, United States	Hard	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Tim Gullikson
USA Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	6.	1978	Hartford, United States	Carpet	USA Van Winitsky	USA John McEnroe
USA Bill Maze	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	7.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	AUS John Marks	AUS John Newcombe
AUS Tony Roche	4–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	AUS John Marks	USA Hank Pfister
USA Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	8.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	AUS John Marks	USA Sherwood Stewart
USA Butch Walts	2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	9.	1979	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	AUS John Marks	TCH Jan Kodeš
TCH Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win	6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	AUS John Marks	ROU Ion Țiriac
ARG Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	10.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	AUS John Marks	SUI Heinz Günthardt
RSA Bob Hewitt	2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	AUS John Marks	USA Pat DuPré
USA Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win	8.	1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	HUN Balázs Taróczy
USA Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 7–6
Win	9.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison
USA Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13
Loss	11.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	GBR Colin Dowdeswell
EGY Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 4–6
Win	10.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	AUS Peter McNamara
AUS Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	11.	1981	Houston, United States	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	IND Anand Amritraj
USA Fred McNair	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	USA Mike Estep	AUS Paul McNamee
AUS Peter McNamara	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win	12.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	AUS John Fitzgerald	SWE Anders Järryd
SWE Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	13.	1981	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Peter Fleming
USA John McEnroe	2–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	USA Mike Estep	AUS Rod Frawley
NZL Chris Lewis	5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	13.	1981	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Hank Pfister
USA John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	14.	1982	Adelaide-2, Australia	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	GBR Andrew Jarrett
GBR Jonathan Smith	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Win	15.	1982	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	AUS Kim Warwick	AUS Syd Ball
FRG Rolf Gehring	6–4, 6–2
Win	16.	1982	Munich-2 WCT, West Germany	Carpet	TCH Tomáš Šmíd	RSA Kevin Curren
USA Steve Denton	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	17.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Fritz Buehning
RSA Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
Loss	15.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	SUI Heinz Günthardt
AUS Peter McNamara	6–7, 6–7
Win	18.	1982	Frankfurt, West Germany	Carpet	USA Steve Denton	USA Tony Giammalva
USA Tim Mayotte	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	16.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	AUS Paul McNamee
AUS Peter McNamara	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	17.	1982	Houston, United States	Clay	AUS Peter McNamara	RSA Kevin Curren
USA Steve Denton	5–7, 4–6
Win	19.	1982	Hilton Head WCT, United States	Clay	AUS Rod Frawley	USA Alan Waldman
USA Van Winitsky	6–1, 7–5
Loss	18.	1982	Bristol, England	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Tim Gullikson
USA Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–7
Win	20.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	USA Brian Teacher	FRG Andreas Maurer
FRG Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
Win	21.	1982	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	AUS Rod Frawley
TCH Pavel Složil	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	22.	1982	Toronto, Canada	Hard	USA Steve Denton	USA John McEnroe
USA Peter Fleming	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	19.	1982	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	USA Steve Denton	USA Peter Fleming
USA John McEnroe	2–6, 3–6
Loss	20.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez	W/O
Loss	21.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	USA Steve Denton	USA John McEnroe
USA Peter Rennert	3–6, 6–7
Loss	22.	1983	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	USA Brian Gottfried	SUI Heinz Günthardt
HUN Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	23.	1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Anders Järryd
SWE Hans Simonsson	6–7, 4–6, 2–6
Win	23.	1983	North Conway, United States	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Eric Fromm
USA Drew Gitlin	7–6, 6–1
Win	24.	1983	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	BRA Carlos Kirmayr
BRA Cássio Motta	6–3, 6–2
Loss	24.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	AUS Kim Warwick	AUS Pat Cash
AUS Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–7
Win	25.	1983	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA John McEnroe
USA Peter Rennert	6–2, 6–4
Win	26.	1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Steve Denton
AUS John Fitzgerald	6–1, 6–4
Win	27.	1983	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS Paul McNamee	USA Steve Denton
USA Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Win	28.	1984	Boca West, United States	Hard	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA David Dowlen
NGR Nduka Odizor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	25.	1984	Luxembourg	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Anders Järryd
TCH Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 5–7
Win	29.	1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Jan Gunnarsson
SWE Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1
Loss	26.	1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Anders Järryd
SWE Hans Simonsson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Tony Giammalva
USA Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–7, 4–6
Loss	28.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	AUS Paul McNamee	USA Ken Flach
USA Robert Seguso	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Win	30.	1984	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	USA Sherwood Stewart	SWE Joakim Nyström
SWE Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
Win	31.	1985	Munich, West Germany	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	29.	1985	Dallas, United States	Carpet	USA Sherwood Stewart	USA Peter Fleming
USA John McEnroe	3–6, 1–6
Win	32.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	ISR Shlomo Glickstein
SWE Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	30.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	AUS Brad Drewett	POL Wojtek Fibak
TCH Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	31.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	AUS Kim Warwick	AUS John Fitzgerald
SWE Anders Järryd	3–6, 2–6
Loss	32.	1985	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	USA Paul Annacone
RSA Christo van Rensburg	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	33.	1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	AUS Kim Warwick	BRA Nelson Aerts
USA Tomm Warneke	6–4, 6–4
Loss	33.	1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	FRA Guy Forget
FRA Yannick Noah	6–7, 2–6
Loss	34.	1986	Bristol, England	Grass	AUS Wally Masur	RSA Christo Steyn
RSA Danie Visser	7–6, 6–7, 10–12
Win	34.	1987	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	AUS Brad Drewett	AUS Peter Doohan
AUS Laurie Warder	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

References

(5 January 1976). "Unseeded Edmondson wins over Newcombe". [[Bangor Daily News]].
Peter Stone. (6 January 1976). "Boilover as cool Mark takes Open". The Age.
Seminara, Dave. (January 13, 2011). "The Last Gasp of Australian Tennis's Golden Era". The New York Times.
Trollope, Matt. (20 November 2023). "AO Flashback: Edmondson’s 1976 triumph among the greatest tennis upsets | AO".
(4 July 1982). "Connors is too strong for 'Edo'". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].

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