Frew McMillan

Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Daniel Nestor, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37.

Early life McMillan was born in Springs, South Africa.

Tennis career Aside from McMillan's considerable success as a doubles player, he had a singles career with good results mostly in South Africa.

McMillan played in 38 Grand Slam singles events with a 28 to 38 win–loss record, first playing in 1961 at Wimbledon and last at the first US Open at Flushing Meadows in 1978. His best results in both came at the US Open reaching the quarter finals in 1972 and the last 16 in 1976. Arguably his greatest result was reaching the final of the 1970 South African Open held at Ellis Park. He beat a raging Pancho Gonzales in the semi-final before losing to world number 1 Rod Laver in four sets in the final. At the time, the South African, Italian and German Opens were rated the top three tournaments beneath the Grand Slams. As late as 1979 McMillan reached the quarter-finals of the Fischer Open in Vienna.

McMillan continued to play the tour for many years. In doubles, he played his last Wimbledon with Bob Hewitt in 1979 reaching the semi-finals. They made a last appearance together in the main draw at Flushing Meadows in 1980 reaching the quarter-finals with a nostalgic victory over fellow veteran Americans Clark Graebner and Charlie Pasarell. McMillan won his last tour title at the 1982 South African Open with Brian Gottfried.

McMillan played for many years on the seniors tours and was runner-up at the inaugural "Wimbledon over 35's" to John Newcombe in 1982 after good wins against Tony Roche, Mark Cox and Ismail El Shafei. In 1988 he and Hewitt, older by 20 years between them, beat the Gullikson twins Tim and Tom in the Over 35's doubles final at Wimbledon.

Style of play The most notable aspect of McMillan's game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which increased his power while restricting his mobility. In the 1967 Wimbledon, he and Hewitt did not lose a set, and McMillan did not once lose a service game.

Post-retirement McMillan was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1992. He now works as a tennis commentator for Eurosport and on BBC Radio 5.

Grand Prix Championship Series singles finals

Runner-up (1) ResultYearTournamentOpponentScoreLoss 1970 Johannesburg Rod Laver 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, 2–6

Career titles Singles (2 titles) No. DateTournament SurfaceOpponentScore 1 1974 Munich WCT, West Germany Carpet Nikola Pilić 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) 2 1976 Nuremberg, West Germany Carpet Thomaz Koch 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (63 titles) No. Date Tournament SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore 1. 1970 Washington, D.C., US Hard Bob Hewitt Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 7–5, 6–0 2. 1970 Hamburg, Germany Clay Bob Hewitt Tom Okker Nikola Pilić 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 3. 1972 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Bob Hewitt Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 7–5, 6–2 4. 1972 French Open, Paris Clay Bob Hewitt Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1 5. 1972 Bristol, United Kingdom Grass Bob Hewitt Clark Graebner Lew Hoad 6–3, 6–2 6. 1972 Wimbledon, London Grass Bob Hewitt Stan Smith Erik van Dillen 6–2, 6–2, 9–7 7. 1972 Cincinnati, US Clay Bob Hewitt Paul Gerken Humphrey Hose 7–6, 6–4 8. 1972 Indianapolis, US Clay Bob Hewitt Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol 6–2, 6–3 9. 1972 Albany, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg 6–4, 6–2 10. 1973 Jackson, US Hard (i) Zan Guerry Jaime Pinto-Bravo Tito Vázquez 6–2, 6–4 11. 1973 Tanglewood, US Other Bob Carmichael Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie 6–3, 6–4 12. 1973 Indianapolis, US Clay Bob Carmichael Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac 6–3, 6–4 13. 1973 Quebec City, Canada Other Bob Carmichael Jimmy Connors Marty Riessen 6–2, 7–6 14. 1974 Salisbury, US Carpet Jimmy Connors Byron Bertram Andrew Pattison 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 15. 1974 Washington WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Tom Okker Marty Riessen 7–6, 6–3 16. 1974 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Bob Hewitt Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 17. 1974 Munich WCT, Germany Carpet Bob Hewitt Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase 6–2, 7–6 18. 1974 Johannesburg WCT, South Africa Hard Bob Hewitt Jim McManus Andrew Pattison 6–2, 6–4, 7–6 19. 1974 World Doubles WCT, Montreal Carpet Bob Hewitt Owen Davidson John Newcombe 6–2, 6–7, 6–1, 6–2 20. 1974 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Bob Hewitt Tom Okker Marty Riessen 7–6, 6–4, 6–3 21. 1975 Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet Bob Hewitt José Higueras Balázs Taróczy 6–2, 6–2 22. 1975 Munich, Germany Carpet Bob Hewitt Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli 6–3, 6–4 23. 1975 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Bob Hewitt Arthur Ashe Tom Okker 6–3, 6–2 24. 1975 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Bob Hewitt Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 25. 1976 Columbus WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Arthur Ashe Tom Okker 7–6, 6–4 26. 1976 Baltimore WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Ilie Năstase Cliff Richey 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 27. 1976 Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada Carpet Jaime Fillol Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 28. 1976 Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet Rod Laver Arthur Ashe Tom Okker 6–1, 6–7, 7–6 29. 1976 Basel, Switzerland Carpet Tom Okker Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 30. 1976 Nuremberg, Germany Carpet Karl Meiler Colin Dowdeswell Paul Kronk 7–6, 6–4 31. 1976 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Bob Hewitt Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 4–0 retired 32. 1976 Cologne, Germany Carpet Bob Hewitt Colin Dowdeswell Mike Estep 6–1, 3–6, 7–6 33. 1976 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Bob Hewitt Tom Okker Marty Riessen 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 34. 1977 Philadelphia WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 35. 1977 Springfield, Massachusetts, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 7–6, 6–2 36. 1977 San Jose, California, US Hard Bob Hewitt Tom Gorman Geoff Masters 6–2, 6–3 37. 1977 Palm Springs, California, US Hard Bob Hewitt Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner 7–6, 7–6 38. 1977 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Bob Hewitt Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen 6–2, 6–0 39. 1977 La Costa, California, US Hard Bob Hewitt Ray Ruffels Allan Stone 6–4, 6–2 40. 1977 Pacific Southwest Championships, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Robert Lutz Stan Smith 6–3, 6–4 41. 1977 Jackson, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Phil Dent Ken Rosewall 6–2, 7–6 42. 1977 US Open, New York City Clay Bob Hewitt Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 6–0 43. 1977 Los Angeles, US Hard Sandy Mayer Tom Leonard Mike Machette 6–2, 6–3 44. 1977 Madrid, Spain Clay Bob Hewitt Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes 6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1 45. 1977 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Bob Hewitt Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš 6–4, 6–3 46. 1977 Cologne, Germany Carpet Bob Hewitt Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 7–5 47. 1977 Wembley, United Kingdom Hard (i) Sandy Mayer Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–6 48. 1978 Baltimore, US Carpet Fred McNair Roger Taylor Antonio Zugarelli 6–3, 7–5 49. 1978 Philadelphia WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer 6–4, 6–4 50. 1978 Richmond WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer 6–3, 7–5 51. 1978 St. Louis WCT, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker 6–3, 6–2 52. 1978 Denver, US Carpet Bob Hewitt Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 6–2 53. 1978 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Bob Hewitt Colin Dibley Geoff Masters 7–5, 7–6 54. 1978 Queen's Club Championships, London Grass Bob Hewitt Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez 6–2, 7–5 55. 1978 Wimbledon, London Grass Bob Hewitt Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 56. 1979 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Colin Dowdeswell Wojtek Fibak Pavel Složil 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 57. 1979 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Bob Hewitt Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–4 58. 1979 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Bob Hewitt Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 59. 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Bob Hewitt Mike Cahill Buster Mottram 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 60. 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Bob Hewitt Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt 6–4, 6–3 61. 1980 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Colin Dowdeswell Chris Lewis John Yuill 6–3, 6–4 62. 1981 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Sandy Mayer Kevin Curren Steve Denton 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 63. 1982 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Brian Gottfried Shlomo Glickstein Andrew Pattison 6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (5 wins)

Mixed doubles (5 wins, 6 losses)