Geoff Masters

Geoff Masters

Full name	Geoffrey Masters
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Queensland, Australia
Born	19 September 1950 Brisbane, Australia
Turned pro	1969 (amateur tour from 1967)
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	199–235
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 42 (5 March 1975)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1975)
French Open	3R (1972)
Wimbledon	4R (1978)
US Open	3R (1974)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1979)
Doubles
Career record	351–203
Career titles	23
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1974)
French Open	QF (1976)
Wimbledon	W (1977)
US Open	QF (1974)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	W (1974)

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.

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]

Doubles titles (23)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1972	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Ross Case	Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Mal Anderson	Jurgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1972	Seattle, US	Hard	Ross Case	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Wanaro N'Godrella	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	1972	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Ross Case	Georges Goven Wanaro N'Godrella	6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tom Okker	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1973	Washington, D.C., US	Clay	Ross Case	Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Ross Case	Rod Laver John Newcombe	6–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	1974	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Ross Case	Syd Ball Bob Giltinan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1974	Hempstead WCT, New York	Hard	Ross Case	Jeff Borowiak Dick Crealy	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1974	St. Louis, US	Clay	Ross Case	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	1974	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	1974	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1975	St. Louis, US	Clay	Ross Case	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	8.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	10.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Ross Case	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	1976	Jackson WCT, US	Carpet	Ross Case	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	11.	1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Ross Case	Charlie Pasarell Allan Stone	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	John Newcombe	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ross Case	Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall	6–3, 3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	12.	1976	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Ross Case	Anand Amritraj Corrado Barazzutti	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	15.	1977	San Jose, US	Carpet	Tom Gorman	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	1977	Denver, US	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–3
Winner	14.	1977	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ross Case	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–9, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Ross Case	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	15.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Kim Warwick	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
Winner	16.	1978	Sarasota, US	Carpet	Colin Dowdeswell	Byron Bertram Bernard Mitton	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	17.	1978	Little Rock, US	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
Winner	18.	1978	Dayton, US	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Hank Pfister Butch Walts	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dibley	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–7
Winner	19.	1978	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Ross Case	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	20.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ross Case	Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	1979	Houston, US	Clay	John Alexander	Gene Mayer Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	21.	1979	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Ross Case	John James Chris Kachel	7–6, 6–2
Winner	22.	1980	Dayton, US	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Fritz Buehning Fred McNair	6–4, 6–4
Winner	23.	1980	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Rod Frawley	Paul McNamee Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 4–6, 11–9

Post-tennis playing career

Masters can be heard calling Australian Open matches for television.

References

1. http://www.tennis.com.au/Pages/PlayerProfile.aspx?id=4&pageId=1047&HandlerId=2&PlayerID=222

External links

• Geoff Masters at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Geoff Masters at the International Tennis Federation
• Geoff Masters at the Davis Cup