Fred Stolle

Fred Stolle

Full name	Frederick Sydney Stolle
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Williams Island, FL, USA
Born	8 October 1938 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Turned pro	1966 (amateur tour from 1958)
Retired	1976
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record	214–144
Highest ranking	No. 2 (1966, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	F (1964, 1965)
French Open	W (1965)
Wimbledon	F (1963, 1964, 1965)
US Open	W (1966)
Professional majors
US Pro	SF (1967)
Wembley Pro	1R (1967)
French Pro	SF (1967)
Doubles
Career record	189–101
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1964)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1963, 1964, 1966)
French Open	W (1965, 1968)
Wimbledon	W (1962, 1964)
US Open	W (1965, 1966, 1969)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1962, 1969)
French Open	F (1962, 1963, 1964)
Wimbledon	W (1961, 1964, 1969)
US Open	W (1962, 1965)

Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle, AO^[3] (born 8 October 1938) is an Australian former tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.

Career

Stolle is notable for being the only male player in history to have lost his first five Grand Slam singles finals, the fifth of which he led by two sets to love. However, Stolle went on to win two Grand Slam tournament singles titles, the 1965 French Championships and the 1966 US Championships, but failed to win Wimbledon and the Australian Championships, finishing as runner-up in these tournaments and losing to compatriot Roy Emerson on no fewer than five occasions. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Stolle as World No. 2 in 1966.^[2]

Stolle won ten Grand Slam doubles titles, partnering with compatriots Bob Hewitt (4 titles), Roy Emerson (4 titles) and Ken Rosewall (2 titles). In addition Stolle won 7 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

As a member of the Australian Davis Cup team Stolle won the Davis Cup title in 1964,^[4] 1965 and 1966.^[5] In 1964 Stolle and Emerson were briefly suspended from the Australian Davis Cup team for going on an overseas tour in defiance of a Lawn Tennis Association of Australia order to remain in Australia until April.^[6]

Stolle turned professional in 1966,^[1] and as a pro won two singles and 13 doubles titles. He earned about US$500,000 in career prize money.^[7]

Stolle coached Vitas Gerulaitis from 1977 until 1983.

For many years, Stolle did TV commentary for CBS and other tennis broadcasts. He currently provides commentary on Grand Slam tennis tournaments for Australia's Fox Sports and the Nine Network. He is also part of the commentary team for the Hopman Cup on One HD.

Honours

For his contribution to the tennis sport Fred Stolle was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985.^[8] In 1988 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.^[9] He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005.^[3][10]

Grand Slam record

Australian Championships/Open

• Singles finalist: 1964, 1965
• Men's Doubles champion: 1963, 1964, 1966
• Men's Doubles runner-up: 1962, 1965, 1969
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1962, 1969
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1963

French Championships/Open

• Singles champion: 1965
• Men's Doubles champion: 1965, 1968
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1962, 1963, 1964

Wimbledon

• Singles runner-up: 1963, 1964, 1965
• Men's Doubles champion: 1962, 1964
• Men's Doubles runner-up: 1961, 1968, 1970
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1961, 1964, 1969

US Championships/Open

• Singles champion: 1966
• Singles runner-up: 1964
• Men's Doubles champion: 1965, 1966, 1969
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1962, 1965
• Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1975

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1963	Wimbledon (1/1)	Grass	Chuck McKinley	7–9, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1964	Australian Championships (1/1)	Grass	Roy Emerson	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1964	Wimbledon (2/2)	Grass	Roy Emerson	1–6, 10–12, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	1964	US Championships (1/1)	Grass	Roy Emerson	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1965	Australian Championships (2/2)	Grass	Roy Emerson	9–7, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 1–6
Winner	1965	French Championships (1/1)	Clay	Tony Roche	3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1965	Wimbledon (3/3)	Grass	Roy Emerson	2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1966	US Championships (2/1)	Grass	John Newcombe	4–6, 12–10, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles (10 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	4–6, 8–6, 4–6, 8–6, 6–8
Runner-up	1962	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 9–11
Winner	1962	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Boro Jovanović Nikola Pilić	6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	1963	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Ken Fletcher John Newcombe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12
Winner	1964	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Hewitt	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	7–5, 11–9, 6–4
Runner-up	1965	Australian Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4, 11–13, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1965	French Championships	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Fletcher Bob Hewitt	6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2
Winner	1965	US Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	Frank Froehling Charles Pasarell	6–4, 10–12, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10
Winner	1966	US Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	Clark Graebner Dennis Ralston	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1968	French Open	Clay	Ken Rosewall	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–8, 7–5, 12–14, 3–6
Runner-up	1969	Australian Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Rod Laver Roy Emerson	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1969	US Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Charles Pasarell Dennis Ralston	2–6, 7–5, 13–11, 6–3
Runner-up	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe Tony Roche	8–10, 3–6, 1–6

Open-era doubles titles (10)

No	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1968	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ken Rosewall	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
2.	1968	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Ken Rosewall	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	7–5, 6–1
3.	1969	US Open, New York	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Charlie Pasarell Dennis Ralston	2–6, 7–5, 13–11, 6–3
4.	1971	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	Robert Maud Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
5.	1972	Bretton Woods, US	Hard	John Alexander	Nikola Pilić Cliff Richey	7–6, 7–6
6.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale Allan Stone	7–6, 6–0
7.	1972	Johannesburg-2, South Africa	Hard	John Newcombe	Terry Addison Bob Carmichael	6–3, 6–4
8.	1973	Chicago WCT, US	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
9.	1973	Cleveland WCT, US	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–2, 6–3
10.	1973	Bretton Woods, US	Clay	Rod Laver	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	7–6, 4–6, 7–5

References

1. "Fred Stolle". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
2. "Stolle Ranked Second", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 1966.
3. "STOLLE, Frederick Sydney, AO". It's an Honour. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. Frank Deford (5 October 1964). "Failure of a Winning Formula". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
5. Ernest Shirley (10 January 1966). "¡Olé! Manolo—a little bit too late". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
6. John Lovesey (13 July 1964). "The Outcasts Are Counted In". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
7. "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
8. "Tennis Hall of Fame – Fred Stolle". Newport International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
9. "Fred Stolle AO". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
10. "Staale, Fred: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

External links

• Fred Stolle at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Fred Stolle at the Davis Cup
• Fred Stolle at the International Tennis Federation