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Tony Roche

Australian tennis player (born 1945)

Field	Value
name	Tony Roche
AO MBE
fullname	Anthony Dalton Roche
image	TONY ROCHE.jpg
country	Australia
residence	Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia
birth_date
birth_place	Wagga Wagga, Australia
height
turnedpro	1968 (amateur from 1963)
retired	1979
plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	US$ 529,199
tennishofyear	1986
tennishofid	tony-roche
singlesrecord	838-338 (71.2%)
singlestitles	46
highestsinglesranking	No. 2 (1969, Lance Tingay)
AustralianOpenresult	SF (1965, 1967, 1969, 1975)
FrenchOpenresult	W (1966)
Wimbledonresult	F (1968)
USOpenresult	F (1969, 1970)
doublesrecord	208–94 (Open era)
doublestitles	18 (Open era)
highestdoublesranking	No. 1 (1965)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1977)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	W (1967, 1969)
WimbledonDoublesresult	W (1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974)
USOpenDoublesresult	W (1967)
AustralianOpenMixedresult	W (1966)
WimbledonMixedresult	W (1976)
Team	yes
DavisCupresult	W (1965, 1966, 1967, 1977)

AO MBE

Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE (born 17 May 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

A native of Tarcutta, Roche played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title, the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros, and 15 Grand Slam doubles titles (12 of these with John Newcombe).

In 1968, Roche won the WCT/NTL combined professional championship in men's singles in the final event of the season at Madison Square Garden. He was ranked World No. 2 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1969.

He won the U.S. Pro Championships in 1970 at Longwood in Boston. Roche won the New South Wales Open twice, in 1969 and 1976. He won a key Davis Cup singles match in 1977.

He also coached multi-Grand Slam winning world No. 1s Ivan Lendl, Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt.

Playing career

Amateur

Roche at the Amsterdam tournament in 1969

Roche started to play tennis at school when he was nine. His father, who worked as a butcher, and his mother were both recreational tennis players and encouraged his interest. Roche grew up playing in Australia under the tutelage of Harry Hopman, who also coached other Australian tennis players such as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.

Roche at Wimbledon circa 1983 in mixed doubles

Roche won one singles Grand Slam tournament, the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros, defeating István Gulyás in straight sets in the final. He was runner-up at the French Championships in 1965, where he beat Roy Emerson in four sets in the semi finals before losing to Fred Stolle and 1967, when he lost to Emerson in the final.

Professional

In January 1968, Roche turned professional, signing with World Championship Tennis, joining other pros like John Newcombe, Cliff Drysdale, Nikola Pilić and Roger Taylor to form the "Handsome Eight". Roche was guaranteed $125,000 annually, an amount equivalent to the annual salary of Willie Mays, the top paid baseball player.

Roche was the leading money winner on the WCT tour in 1968. In the 1968 final in the combined WCT/NTL professional event at Madison Square Garden, Roche defeated Rod Laver in the semifinal and Pancho Gonzales in the final. At Wimbledon 1968 Roche beat Ken Rosewall in the fourth round in straight sets. "Roche played brilliantly. Rosewall never got going and netted shots that should have been winners". He lost in the final in straight sets to Rod Laver. "Roche played a more consistent game, but Laver produced the flashes of genius that won the big points".

Roche held a personal head-to-head edge over Laver during the latter's Grand Slam season of 1969, 5 to 4. At the News South Wales Open in Sydney, Roche beat Laver in the final in four sets. Rod didn't serve well "so Laver had to call upon his impromptu brilliance so many times to win points. He just couldn't keep it up against the tighter play of Roche." The following week Roche and Laver played a classic match against each other in the 1969 Australian Open at Brisbane, two days after Roche had won a five set quarter final against John Newcombe. The Laver-Roche semi final was one of the longest matches played at that stage in tennis history (they were on court for 4 hours and 45 minutes in searing heat). Roche "displayed phenomenal fighting qualities to come from two sets down to get back on level terms with Laver" but Laver won the fifth set. Roche lost in the French Open semi finals to Rosewall and the Wimbledon semi finals to Newcombe. Roche contested the final match of Laver's Grand Slam run that year, the 1969 U.S. Open final, after beating Newcombe in five sets in the semi finals in intense humidity. Laver beat Roche in four sets. The match started late due to rain and the court was dried by a helicopter to get it into a playable condition.

Roche won the U.S. Pro Championships at Longwood, Boston in 1970, defeating Laver in a hard fought five set final. He lost in the 1970 US Open final in four sets against Ken Rosewall.

Roche missed much of the 1972 and 1973 seasons due to an elbow injury to his playing arm. He had surgery and then visited a faith healer in Manila. He returned to regular play in 1974 and in December that year won his first title in more than two years when he beat Phil Dent in the final in five sets on a windy day to win the New South Wales championships. At the 1975 Australian Open, Roche led Newcombe 5-2 in the fifth set and had 3 match points before losing their semi final. After beating Ken Rosewall in the fourth round, Roche lost in five sets in the Wimbledon 1975 semi finals to Arthur Ashe.

Roche won his fourth New South Wales title (his first title was in the amateur era) by volleying well to beat Dick Stockton in the 1976 final in four sets. Perhaps one of his greatest achievements came in 1977, playing singles in the finals of the Davis Cup tournament versus Italy, nearly 10 years since he had last played for Australia. In the tie, Roche upset top Italian Adriano Panatta in three straight sets to lead Australia to a 3–1 victory, winning the Davis Cup. One of his last great victories was in the final of Queen's in 1978, when the 33-year-old Roche beat 19-year-old John McEnroe in "as good a final as Queen's have had".

Shoulder and elbow injuries cut short his career after having finished in the top 10 for six consecutive years.

Coaching career

After completing his playing career, Roche has developed a highly successful career as a tennis coach. He was the player-coach of the Denver Racquets who won the first World Team Tennis in competition 1974, and he was named WTT Coach of the Year. Ivan Lendl hired Roche in 1985 as a full-time coach for Roche's advice on volleying. Lendl dreamed of winning Wimbledon, and because Roche had been a fine grass court player, he sought his tutelage. Roche also coached former world no. 1 Patrick Rafter from 1997 to the end of his career in 2002. Roche coached world no. 1 Roger Federer from 2005 to 12 May 2007. It is reputed this was on a "handshake agreement" with no contract; Roche was paid by the week. Federer hired Roche for the opposite reason that Lendl hired him: to work on his clay-court game (as Roche had won the 1966 French Championships). He also coached two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Lleyton Hewitt, who was aiming to get his career back on track after a number of unsuccessful years on the ATP Tour.

Honours

Roche was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1981 and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2001. He entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside doubles partner and close friend John Newcombe in 1986. In 1990 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Centenary Medal in 2001.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1965	French Championships	Clay	Australia Fred Stolle	6–3, 0–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1966	French Championships	Clay	HUN István Gulyás	6–1, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1967	French Championships	Clay	Australia Roy Emerson	1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Australia Rod Laver	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	1969	US Open	Grass	Australia Rod Laver	9–7, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1970	US Open	Grass	Australia Ken Rosewall	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	1964	French Championships	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Ken Fletcher	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6, 13–11, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1965	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ken Fletcher
RSA Bob Hewitt	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1966	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Fred Stolle	9–7, 3–6, 8–6, 12–14, 10–12
Win	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Bill Bowrey
AUS Owen Davidson	3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6
Win	1967	French Championships	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Ken Fletcher	6–3, 9–7, 12–10
Win	1967	U.S. Championships	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Bill Bowrey
AUS Owen Davidson	6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
↓ Open Era ↓
Win	1968	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ken Fletcher
AUS Ken Rosewall	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Win	1969	French Open (2)	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Rod Laver	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1969	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win	1970	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ken Rosewall
AUS Fred Stolle	10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win	1971	Australian Open (3)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Win	1974	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1976	Australian Open (4)	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4
Win	1977(J)	Australian Open (5)	Grass	USA Arthur Ashe	USA Charlie Pasarell
USA Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	1965	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	AUS Judy Tegart	AUS Margaret Smith
AUS Ken Fletcher	10–12, 3–6
Win	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Judy Tegart	AUS Robyn Ebbern
AUS William Bowrey	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1967	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Judy Tegart	AUS Lesley Turner
AUS Owen Davidson	7–9, 4–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1969	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	AUS Judy Tegart	GBR Ann Haydon
AUS Fred Stolle	2–6, 3–6
Win	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	FRA Françoise Dürr	USA Rosemary Casals
USA Dick Stockton	6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	Career SR
Australian Open	A	QF	SF	QF	SF	A	SF	QF	3R	A	A	2R	SF	QF	3R	1R	QF	3R
French Open	1R	2R	F	W	F	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 6
Wimbledon	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	F	SF	QF	1R	A	A	3R	SF	4R	A	1R	A	0 / 13
US Open	3R	QF	A	3R	A	4R	F	F	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	1 / 41

Open-Era finals

Singles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runners-up)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1968	Sydney WCT	Carpet	YUG Nikola Pilić	96–33
Loss	1.	1968	Miami WCT	Carpet	AUS Butch Buchholz	22–31, 26–31
Loss	2.	1968	Fresno WCT	Carpet	AUS Butch Buchholz	23–31, 29–31
Loss	3.	1968	Baltimore WCT	Carpet	AUS Dennis Ralston	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	1968	Wimbledon, London	Grass	AUS Rod Laver	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	1968	Pretoria WCT	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	9–11, 6–4, 3–6
Win	2.	1968	Johannesburg WCT	Hard	USA Butch Buchholz	6-2, 9-7
Loss	6.	1968	Durban WCT	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	1968	Port Elizabeth WCT	Hard	AUS Roger Taylor	8–10
Win	3.	1968	Cape Town WCT	Hard	USA Cliff Drysdale	6–2, 6–1
Loss	8.	1968	Kimberley WCT	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	8–10
Win	4.	1968	Vienna WCT	Hard (i)	USA John Newcombe	6–4, 7–5
Win	5.	1968	Madison Square Garden, New York City	Carpet	USA Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9.	1969	Hobart, Australia	Grass	AUS Fred Stolle	3–6, 6–0, 4–6, 1–6
Win	6.	1969	Sydney, Australia	Grass	AUS Rod Laver	6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 12–10
Win	7.	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	AUS Rod Laver	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	1969	Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Pro Indoor	Carpet	AUS Rod Laver	5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Win	8.	1969	Hollywood	Clay	AUS Rod Laver	6–3, 9–7, 6–4
Win	9.	1969	Oakland	Carpet	AUS Rod Laver	4–6, 6–4, 11–9
Loss	11.	1969	Rome, Italy	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	10.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	NED Tom Okker	6–1, 5–7, 8–6, 7–5
Loss	12.	1969	US Open, New York	Grass	AUS Rod Laver	9–7, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	11.	1969	Tucson	Hard	AUS Tom Okker	9–7, 6–1
Win	12.	1969	Vienna	Hard	AUS Tom Okker	w/o
Loss	13.	1969	Wembley, UK	Carpet (i)	AUS Rod Laver	4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win	13.	1970	Australian round robin	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	14.	1970	Melbourne	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	4–6, 4–6, 6–4 ret.
Loss	15.	1970	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	AUS Rod Laver	3–6, 6–8, 2–6
Win	14.	1970	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	AUS Rod Laver	6–3, 6–1
Win	15.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	NED Tom Okker	7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Win	16.	1970	Boston, US Pro	Hard	AUS Rod Laver	3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	16.	1970	US Open, New York	Grass	AUS Ken Rosewall	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	17.	1972	Washington WCT, US	Clay	USA Marty Riessen	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	17.	1973	Kansas City	Hard	AUS Charlie Pasarell	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	18.	1974	Bombay, India	Clay	NZL Onny Parun	3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win	18.	1974	Sydney	Grass	USA Phil Dent	7–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
Loss	19.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	NED Tom Okker	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	19.	1976	Charlotte WCT, US	Carpet	USA Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	20.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	USA Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	20.	1977	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	USA Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 1–6, 1–6, 5–7
Win	21.	1978	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	USA John McEnroe	8–6, 9–7

Doubles

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1.	1968	Wimbledon, London	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ken Rosewall
AUS Fred Stolle	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Loss	1.	1968	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	4–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	1968	Hobart, Australia	Grass	AUS Fred Stolle	AUS Mal Anderson
GBR Roger Taylor	5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	3.	1969	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–8, 4–6
Win	2.	1969	French Open, Paris	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Rod Laver	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win	4.	1970	Wimbledon, London	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ken Rosewall
AUS Fred Stolle	10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win	5.	1970	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Rod Laver	8–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6.	1971	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Win	7.	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Rod Laver	7–6, 7–6
Loss	4.	1971	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	8.	1971	Rome, Italy	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	ESP Andrés Gimeno
GBR Roger Taylor	6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Bob Carmichael
AUS Ray Ruffels	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss	5.	1972	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–7
Loss	6.	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS John Newcombe	USA Arthur Ashe
USA Bob Lutz	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1972	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	8.	1972	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Roy Emerson
AUS Rod Laver	DEF
Win	10.	1972	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS John Newcombe	AUS John Alexander
AUS Phil Dent	7–6, 6–2
Loss	9.	1972	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	AUS John Newcombe	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	11.	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	AUS John Newcombe	USA Arthur Ashe
USA Bob Lutz	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Win	12.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	MEX Raúl Ramírez	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	10.	1974	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	ESP Manuel Orantes	AUS John Alexander
AUS Phil Dent	6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	13.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	11.	1974	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters	4–6, 4–6
Win	14.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4
Win	15.	1976	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS John Newcombe	USA Vitas Gerulaitis
USA Gene Mayer	6–3, 7–5
Win	16.	1977	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	USA Arthur Ashe	USA Charlie Pasarell
USA Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	1977	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	AUS Ross Case	POL Wojtek Fibak
NED Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Loss	13.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	AUS Ross Case	POL Wojtek Fibak
NED Tom Okker	4–6, 1–6
Win	17.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Ross Case
AUS Geoff Masters	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win	18.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	AUS John Newcombe	AUS Mark Edmondson
AUS John Marks	6–4, 6–3

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