Kim Warwick

Kim Warwick 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 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 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.