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Peter Campbell (tennis)

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Peter Campbell
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1950-11-10) 10 November 1950 (age 74)
Melbourne, Victoria
Singles
Career record4–21
Highest rankingNo. 179 (3 Jan 1979)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1976, 1977(Jan), 1977(Dec), 1978)
WimbledonQ3 (1975)
Doubles
Career record10–19
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1979)
Wimbledon3R (1977)
US Open1R (1979)

Peter Campbell (born 10 November 1950) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was previously a women's coach at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[1]

A native of Melbourne, Campbell played collegiate tennis for UC Berkeley during the early 1970s.[2] He spent the rest of the decade on the professional tour. In 1975 he pushed Ken Rosewall to three sets at the NSW Open and in 1977 he teamed up with John Holladay to make the doubles third round at Wimbledon.[3]

ATP Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Result No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jan 1978 Hobart, Australia Hard Australia Greg Braun Australia Chris Kachel
Australia John Marks
1–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Richardson on junior tennis team for tour". The Canberra Times. 9 March 1995. p. 18. Retrieved 28 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Keating, Jack (5 August 1972). "Tennis Helps Aussie Savor New Lifestyle". Times Colonist.
  3. ^ "Rosewall extended in Open". The Canberra Times. 17 December 1975. p. 28. Retrieved 28 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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