Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor MBE (born 14 October 1941) is a British former tennis player, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1973, the semi-finals of Wimbledon during the same year and winning back to back US Open men's doubles titles in 1971 and 1972. He also enjoyed particular success in 1970, again reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon, where he achieved a big upset win over defending champion Rod Laver en route, and the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Taylor also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1967. His career-high ATP ranking was 11 in its early listings in 1973; earlier unofficial year-end listings ranked him joint-7th (amateur) for 1967 and 8th (open) for 1970.

He was active from 1958 to 1982 and won 31 career singles titles,

He was also ranked British No 1 1973 and 1974. Additionally, Taylor scored 29 wins and 11 losses at the Great Britain Davis Cup team. He is a member of the AELTC.

Taylor is the former husband of tennis player Frances MacLennan, whom he married in 1969. The couple had three children.

Tennis career Taylor was shown how to play tennis by his mother, Lilian, and he used to play in various parks across Sheffield, such as Weston Park. He often practised by hitting a tennis ball against a wall. He played his first singles tournament at the South of France Championships in 1958.

1. 1969 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Tom Okker 8–10, 9–7, 4–6, 4–6

2. 1969 Madrid, Spain Carpet Rod Laver 3–6, 3–6

2. 1970 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Tom Okker 6–4, 6–4, 6–1

3. 1970 Leicester, England Grass Tom Okker 1–6, 8–10

4. 1970 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Tom Okker 6–4, 0–6, 1–6, 3–6

5. 1970 Toronto, Canada Clay Rod Laver 0–6, 6–4, 3–6

3. 1970 Midland, U.S. Hard John Newcombe 2–6, 7–6, 6–1

4. 1971 Palermo, Italy Clay Pierre Barthès 6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2

6. 1971 Newport, U.S. Grass Ken Rosewall 1–6, 8–9

5. 1972 Haverford, U.S. Hard Mal Anderson 6–4, 6–0, 6–4

6. 1973 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard Marty Riessen 6–2, 6–3, 7–6

7. 1973 Chicago WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Arthur Ashe 6–3, 6–7, 6–7

8. 1973 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard Alex Metreveli 4–6, 4–6, 6–0, 5–7

9. 1973 Cleveland WCT, U.S. Hard Ken Rosewall 3–6, 4–6

10. 1973 Queen's Club, England Grass Ilie Năstase 8–9, 3–6

7. 1973 Newport, U.S. Grass Bob Giltinan 9–8, 8–6

8. 1975 Roanoke, U.S. Carpet (i) Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6, 7–6

9. 1975 Fairfield, U.S. Carpet (i) Sandy Mayer 7–5, 5–7, 7–6

Doubles titles: Open era (8)