Geoff Masters

Geoff Masters (born 19 September 1950) is an Australian former tennis player. He was part of doubles winning pairs in the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon tournaments during the 1970s.

Geoff Masters
Full nameGeoffrey Masters
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceQueensland, Australia
Born (1950-09-19) 19 September 1950
Brisbane, Australia
Turned pro1969 (amateur tour from 1967)
Retired1981
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record199–235
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 42 (5 March 1975)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (1975)
French Open3R (1972)
Wimbledon4R (1978)
US Open3R (1974)
Other tournaments
WCT FinalsQF (1979)
Doubles
Career record351–203
Career titles23
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1974)
French OpenQF (1976)
WimbledonW (1977)
US OpenQF (1974)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US OpenW (1974)

Tennis career

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Masters with Pam Teeguarden won the mixed doubles at the US Open in 1974. That year he also won the Australian Open's men's doubles with Ross Case. With the same partner Masters won the gentleman's doubles at Wimbledon in 1977.[1]

Career finals

Doubles (23 wins, 18 losses)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1972 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Ross Case Owen Davidson
Ken Rosewall		 6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 2. 1972 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Mal Anderson Jürgen Fassbender
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann		 6–7, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1. 1972 Seattle, US Hard Ross Case Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
Wanaro N'Godrella		 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win 2. 1972 Brisbane, Australia Hard Ross Case Georges Goven
Wanaro N'Godrella		 6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss 3. 1973 Rome, Italy Clay Ross Case John Newcombe
Tom Okker		 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3. 1973 Washington, D.C., US Clay Ross Case Dick Crealy
Andrew Pattison		 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4. 1973 Tehran, Iran Clay Ross Case Rod Laver
John Newcombe		 6–7, 2–6
Win 4. 1974 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Ross Case Syd Ball
Bob Giltinan		 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5. 1974 Hempstead WCT, New York Hard Ross Case Jeff Borowiak
Dick Crealy		 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6. 1974 St. Louis, US Clay Ross Case Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie		 6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win 5. 1974 Los Angeles, US Hard Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 6–3, 6–2
Win 6. 1974 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Ross Case John Newcombe
Tony Roche		 6–4, 6–4
Win 7. 1975 São Paulo WCT, Brazil Carpet Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win 8. 1975 Caracas WCT, Venezuela Hard Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 7. 1975 St. Louis, US Clay Ross Case Colin Dibley
Ray Ruffels		 4–6, 4–6
Win 9. 1975 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Grass Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 6–4, 6–0
Loss 8. 1975 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 9. 1975 Perth, Australia Hard Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win 10. 1975 Manila, Philippines Hard Ross Case Syd Ball
Kim Warwick		 6–1, 6–2
Loss 10. 1976 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Ross Case John Newcombe
Tony Roche		 6–7, 4–6
Loss 11. 1976 Monterrey WCT, Mexico Carpet Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 12. 1976 Jackson WCT, US Carpet Ross Case Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win 11. 1976 São Paulo WCT, Brazil Carpet Ross Case Charlie Pasarell
Allan Stone		 7–5, 6–1
Loss 13. 1976 Rome, Italy Clay John Newcombe Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 6–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 14. 1976 Wimbledon, London Grass Ross Case Owen Davidson
Ken Rosewall		 6–3, 3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 5–7
Win 12. 1976 Manila, Philippines Hard Ross Case Anand Amritraj
Corrado Barazzutti		 6–0, 6–1
Loss 15. 1977 San Jose, US Carpet Tom Gorman Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan		 2–6, 3–6
Win 13. 1977 Denver, US Carpet Colin Dibley Syd Ball
Kim Warwick		 6–2, 6–3
Win 14. 1977 Wimbledon, London Grass Ross Case John Alexander
Phil Dent		 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–9, 6–4
Loss 16. 1977 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Ross Case John Newcombe
Tony Roche		 7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win 15. 1977 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Kim Warwick Colin Dibley
Chris Kachel		 6–2, 7–6
Win 16. 1978 Sarasota, US Carpet Colin Dowdeswell Byron Bertram
Bernard Mitton		 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 17. 1978 Little Rock, US Carpet Colin Dibley Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson		 7–6, 6–3
Win 18. 1978 Dayton, US Carpet Brian Gottfried Hank Pfister
Butch Walts		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 17. 1978 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Colin Dibley Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan		 5–7, 6–7
Win 19. 1978 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Ross Case Željko Franulović
Buster Mottram		 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win 20. 1978 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Ross Case Pat Du Pré
Tom Gorman		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 18. 1979 Houston, US Clay John Alexander Gene Mayer
Sherwood Stewart		 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 21. 1979 Brisbane, Australia Grass Ross Case John James
Chris Kachel		 7–6, 6–2
Win 22. 1980 Dayton, US Carpet Wojtek Fibak Fritz Buehning
Fred McNair		 6–4, 6–4
Win 23. 1980 London/Queen's Club, UK Grass Rod Frawley Paul McNamee
Sherwood Stewart		 6–2, 4–6, 11–9

Post-tennis playing career

Masters can be heard calling Australian Open and Wimbledon matches for the Seven Network.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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