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Martin Mulligan

Australian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Martin Mulligan
fullname	Martin Frederick Mulligan
image	Martin Mulligan 1968.jpg
country
(1968-1975)
residence	San Francisco, United States
birth_date
birth_place	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
turnedpro	1968 (amateur from 1956)
retired	1975
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
singlesrecord	737-317 (69.92%)
singlestitles	74
highestsinglesranking	No. 4 (1967, Lance Tingay)
AustralianOpenresult	SF (1964)
FrenchOpenresult	QF (1959, 1962, 1970)
Wimbledonresult	F (1962)
USOpenresult	2R (1966)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	F (1961)
Mixed	yes
AustralianOpenMixedresult	F (1960)

(1968-1975)

Martin "Marty" Mulligan (born 18 October 1940) is a former tennis player from Australia. He is best known for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1962, where he was defeated by fellow Australian Rod Laver.

Personal life

Mulligan was born in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. His maternal grandparents were Italian, from Orsago, Treviso, Veneto. They moved to Australia in 1900.

Tennis career

Juniors

In 1958, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Championships as well as the Boys' Doubles (with Bob Hewitt).

Career

He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the Australian Championships in 1961. In 1962, he was in the finals of the Dutch Open in Hilversum, and he won the men's singles title at the Italian Championships three times in 1963, 1965 and 1967. He won singles titles in 1967 and 1968 at the Swedish Open in Bastad and the Austrian Open at Kitzbuhel (1967). Mulligan won the 1970 Japan Championships. He was ranked in the world's top 10 in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1967, reaching as high as world no. 4 in the latter year. Mulligan won 1960 U.S. Claycourts doubles (with Hewitt) and the 1962 German doubles (with Hewitt). Mulligan was a member of the 1968 Italian Davis Cup team, playing a total of 11 matches. Mulligan was ranked no. 1 in Italy between 1968 and 1971. He was the coach of Italian Davis Cup team for 10 years and was the first non-Italian to receive the Golden Racquet Award by the Italian Tennis Federation.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1962	Wimbledon	Grass	AUS Rod Laver	2–6, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1961	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Roy Emerson	AUS Rod Laver
AUS Bob Mark	3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6

References

United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). ''Official Encyclopedia of Tennis'' (First Edition), p. 428.
"Wimbledon Men's Finals". All About Tennis.com.
"Today in Wimbledon History". Today in Sport.
"The Tome Family".
"Australian Open – Boys Singles Champions". Australian Open.
"Australian Open – Boys' Doubles Champions". Australian Open.
"Australian Open Men's Doubles". World Tennis Source.
(21 May 1996). "Muster trounces Krajicek for title". [[Manila Standard]].
(24 April 1969). "Mulligan carries Italy's tennis hopes". [[Pittsburgh Press]].
(1 November 1967). "Mulligan may play for Italy". [[The Age]].
"Martin Mulligan". Davis Cup.
(18 July 2007). "Court honoured in Italy". Tennis Australia.

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