Tony Mottram

Anthony John Mottram (8 June 1920 – 6 October 2016) was a British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.^[2] Mottram reached the quarterfinal of the 1948 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Gardnar Mulloy. He was the father of tennis champion Buster Mottram.^[1] In the doubles event he reached the final of the 1947 Wimbledon Championships with Bill Sidwell in which they were defeated by the first-seeded team of Jack Kramer and Bob Falkenburg.^[1] He reached the French Open's fourth round in both 1947 and 1948, and the third round of the 1951 US Open.^[3]

Mottram was born in Coventry, then Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England.^[2] He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 June 1955.^[4] The All England Lawn Tennis Club elected him an Honorary Member in 1957.^[3] Mottram died on 6 October 2016 at the age of 96.^[3]

Bibliography

• — (1971). Play Better Tennis. S.Paul [sic]. ISBN 978-0091072018.
• — (1975). Tackle Tennis. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0091247607.
• — (1980). Skills and Tactics of Tennis. Arco. ISBN 978-0668048422.

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