Kim Warwick

Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) 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 (who had been suffering from a shoulder injury throughout the event) 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 (with Wojtek Fibak) 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.

Warwick also was a member of the winning team of World Team Tennis in 1975 (Pittsburgh Triangles) and 1986 (San Antonio Racquets). Warwick also holds the record for the most match points missed in a losing effort, having held eleven chances to defeat eventual champion Adriano Panatta in the Rome Masters in 1976.

His best record is his streak of 21 consecutive Grand Slam appearances; it began in 1975, and did not end until 1980. His record would later be surpassed by Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg, who would run it out to 54 consecutive Grand Slam appearances.

Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1980 Australian Open Grass Brian Teacher 5–7, 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 4 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals Singles (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Doubles (26 titles, 26 runners-up) sResultNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 1974 Omaha, U.S. Other Ian Fletcher Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler 2–6, 4–6Loss 2. 1974 Tempe, U.S. Hard Ian Fletcher Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler 6–4, 4–6, 5–7Win 1. 1974 Cedar Grove, U.S. Other Steve Siegel Dick Crealy Bob Tanis 4–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss 3. 1975 Stockholm WCT, Sweden Carpet (i) Patrice Dominguez Arthur Ashe Tom Okker 3–6, 6–7Loss 4. 1975 San Francisco, U.S. Hard (i) Allan Stone Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 2–6, 6–7Loss 5. 1975 Manila, Philippines Hard Syd Ball Ross Case Geoff Masters 1–6, 2–6Loss 6. 1976 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Dick Crealy Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 6–7, 6–7, 6–7Win 2. 1976 Brisbane, Australia Grass Syd Ball Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie 6–4, 6–4Loss 7. 1976 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Syd Ball Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie 6–4, 4–6, 6–7Win 3. 1976 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Syd Ball Mark Edmondson John Marks 6–3, 6–4Loss 8. 1977 Adelaide, Australia Grass Syd Ball Cliff Letcher Dick Stockton 3–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 9. 1977 Denver, U.S. Carpet (i) Syd Ball Colin Dibley Geoff Masters 2–6, 3–6Loss 10. 1977 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Phil Dent Bob Hewitt Karl Meiler 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6Win 4. 1977 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Geoff Masters Colin Dibley Chris Kachel 6–2, 7–6Win 5. 1977 Hong Kong, U.K. Hard Syd Ball Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner 7–6, 6–3Win 6. 1977 Adelaide, Australia Grass Syd Ball John Alexander Phil Dent 3–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss 11. 1978 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Bob Hewitt Mark Edmondson Tom Okker 4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6Loss 12. 1978 Stowe, U.S. Hard Mark Edmondson Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson 6–3, 6–7, 3–6Win 7. 1978Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Wojciech Fibak Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher 7–6, 7–5Win 8. 1979 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Bernard Mitton Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith 6–3, 2–6, 6–3Loss 13. 1980 Metz, France Carpet (i) Chris Delaney Colin Dibley Gene Mayer 6–7, 5–7Win 9. 1980 Nice, France Clay Chris Delaney Stanislav Birner Jiří Hřebec 6–4, 6–0Win 10. 1980 Rome, Italy Clay Mark Edmondson Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher 7–6, 7–6Win 11. 1980 Surbiton, England Grass Mark Edmondson Andrew Pattison Butch Walts 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13Loss 14. 1980 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Mark Edmondson Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei 4–6, 4–6Win 12. 1980Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Mark Edmondson Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 7–5, 6–4Win 13. 1981Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Mark Edmondson Hank Pfister John Sadri 6–3, 6–7, 6–3Win 14. 1982 Adelaide, Australia Grass Mark Edmondson Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith 7–5, 4–6, 7–6Win 15. 1982 Guarujá, Brazil Clay Phil Dent Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta 6–7, 6–2, 6–3Loss 15. 1982 Denver, U.S. Carpet (i) Phil Dent Kevin Curren Steve Denton 4–6, 4–6Win 16. 1982 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet Mark Edmondson Syd Ball Rolf Gehring 6–4, 6–2Loss 16. 1982 Bristol, England Grass Mark Edmondson Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson 4–6, 6–7Win 17. 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Mark Edmondson Rod Frawley Pavel Složil 6–4, 4–6, 7–6Loss 17. 1982 Sawgrass Doubles, U.S. Clay Mark Edmondson Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez w/oLoss 18. 1982 Hong Kong Hard Van Winitsky Charles Strode Morris Strode 4–6, 6–3, 2–6Win 18. 1983 Stowe, U.S. Hard Brad Drewett Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson 4–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss 19. 1983 Brisbane, Australia Carpet (i) Mark Edmondson Pat Cash Paul McNamee 6–7, 6–7Win 19. 1983 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Wally Masur Ken Flach Robert Seguso 7–6, 6–4Loss 20. 1984 Toronto, Canada Hard John Fitzgerald Peter Fleming John McEnroe 4–6, 2–6Loss 21. 1985 Delray Beach, U.S. Hard Sherwood Stewart Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 5–7, 5–7, 4–6Win 20. 1985 Munich, West Germany Clay Mark Edmondson Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 4–6, 7–5, 7–5Win 21. 1985French Open, Paris Clay Mark Edmondson Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3Loss 22. 1985 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Pavel Složil Ken Flach Robert Seguso 4–6, 4–6Loss 23. 1985 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 3–6, 2–6Win 22. 1985 Hong Kong, U.K. Hard Brad Drewett Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Loss 24. 1985Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Mark Edmondson Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 7–6, 4–6, 4–6Win 23. 1985 Adelaide, Australia Grass Mark Edmondson Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke 6–4, 6–4Win 24. 1986 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Mark Kratzmann Christo Steyn Danie Visser 6–3, 6–4Win 25. 1986 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sherwood Stewart Pat Cash Slobodan Živojinović 6–4, 6–4Loss 25. 1986 Wembley, England Carpet (i) Sherwood Stewart Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–3, 6–7, 2–6Win 26. 1987 Orlando, U.S. Hard Sherwood Stewart Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 2–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss 26. 1988 Orlando, U.S. Hard Sherwood Stewart Guy Forget Yannick Noah 4–6, 4–6