Gerald Leighton
Patterson
Male
Australia
1895-12-17
Melbourne, Australia
1967-06-13
Melbourne, Australia
A player who shaped the future of Australian tennis in many ways with the potency of his game, Gerald Patterson won three Grand Slam singles championships, played Davis Cup regularly for his country and was part of the winning team in 1919. Gerald played Davis cup 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928 and finally as captain in 1946. He was a player ahead of his time, playing with a steel racquet strung with wire in 1925.
His shots were best described with forceful adjectives-lethal forehand, mighty overhead smash, and a tremendous, overpowering serve, plus a weird loop-the-loop backhand.
He was a muscular, tall well-built man whose grace a foot and crisp volleys and tremendous will to win made him difficult to beat. An authentic sportsman, his indomitable spirit was enhanced by his dignity and composure. He won at the old (1919) and at the new (1922) Wimbledon as well.
He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1989 and then the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in August 1997.
1912 - 1928
28
208
183
1927 - Australian Open (Grandslam)
1927 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1926 - Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament (Amateur)
1926 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Longwood Bowl (Amateur)
1924 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament (Amateur)
1924 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1924 - New York Metropolitan Grass Court Championships (Amateur)
1924 - New South Wales Championships (Amateur)
1923 - South Australian Championships ()
1923 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1923 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1922 - South Australian Championships ()
1922 - Wimbledon (Grandslam)
1922 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament (Amateur)
1921 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1921 - New South Wales Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament (Amateur)
1921 - South Australian Championships ()
1920 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1920 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1919 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Surrey Hard Court Championships (Open)
1919 - Wimbledon (Grandslam)
1919 - Surrey Championships (Amateur)
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Arthur Noel Down
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Peach
10-8
6-3
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
7-9
6-4
ret.
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
6-2
4-6
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Heinrich Kleinschroth
6-0
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Charles Kingsley
10-8
9-11
10-8
5-7
6-2
Round 4
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-3
5-7
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Lope I. Ingayo
6-4
3-6
8-6
6-0
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Luis Torralva-Ponsa
3-6
1-6
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 4
Christian Boussus 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-1
5-7
9-7
ret.
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Mr. Del Fabro
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Mr. Hamilton
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Friedrich Frenz
6-4
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Arne Grahn
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Edwin Traugott Noske
6-4
3-6
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Harry T. Hicks
8-6
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Leonce Aslangul
5-7
6-3
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
6-2
6-3
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Edgar Moon
6-3
6-3
9-7
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
3-6
6-4
3-6
18-16
6-3
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Stanley Edward Clifford Lade
6-0
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John (Jack) Clemenger
6-3
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Garton Hone
6-4
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jack Cummings
2-6
6-2
3-6
8-6
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jack Crawford
7-5
6-1
5-7
1-6
7-5
Round 1
Robert Roy Pitty (Bob) Barbour 1 *
Gerald Patterson
w.o.
Round 1
Edgar Moon 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-8
5-7
7-5
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ronald Bertram (Ray) Hone
6-3
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Bruce Wallace Dunlop
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jack Cummings
6-1
6-2
10-8
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jim Willard
2-6
7-9
6-3
6-4
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jack Crawford
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Robert Roy Pitty (Bob) Barbour
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
William Sydney Carr
6-1
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
9-7
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Robert Monteith Rolland
6-2
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett
6-0
6-3
1-6
3-6
8-6
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
8-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Alfred Cecil Chave
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ralph Joseph Goodman
6-0
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ewart Kingsley Roberts
6-3
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Sydney Aubrey Willard
6-0
6-2
9-7
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-4
Final
James Anderson 1 *
Gerald Patterson
11-9
2-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
H.E. Solomon
2-6
6-3
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Thomas James Matthew Linn
6-1
6-2
8-10
6-3
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
J.G. Turner
6-1
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Jack Cummings 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-3
7-5
2-6
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jack B. Turner
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr. William R. (Jogger) James
6-3
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-4
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Takeichi Harada
5-7
7-5
3-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Vincent (Vinnie) Richards 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
W.L. Brumley
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
7-5
6-3
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-2
5-7
6-4
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Charles Joseph Finlayson
6-4
17-15
6-4
Round 2
Ian Donald McInnes 1 *
Gerald Patterson
3-6
6-2
6-3
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Paul Martin
6-4
6-4
7-9
6-0
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Alain Gerbault
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Watson McLean (Watty) Washburn
6-4
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
George Lott
6-1
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Bill Johnston 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Thomas E. Robinson
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Gordon William Rivers Dickinson
3-6
6-1
6-1
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
6-4
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
1-6
8-6
10-8
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jack Cummings
6-3
10-8
9-7
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Sydney Aubrey Willard
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Eric David Lloyd Jones
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John (Jack) Clemenger
6-2
9-7
8-10
3-6
7-5
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Fred Kalms
6-4
6-4
6-4
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jim Willard
6-4
7-9
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
8-6
6-4
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Frederick William Ratten
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-1
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-3
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett
6-2
7-5
5-7
7-5
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
6-4
2-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Harvey Burton Snodgrass
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
A.N. Reid
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr Harry Carew Nott
6-2
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
7-5
6-3
1-6
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Garton Hone
6-4
6-3
3-6
6-1
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
P. Barry
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
R. Dyer
6-1
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
8-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Peach
6-3
6-1
8-6
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
w.o.
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Roberts
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
7-5
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-4
5-7
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
H.D. Varley
6-0
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Horace Rice
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett
6-8
6-1
3-6
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Gerald Patterson
3-6
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Leonard Bonnington
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Eric David Lloyd Jones
6-4
5-7
6-1
10-8
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
8-6
4-6
7-5
3-6
10-8
Final
James Anderson 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-0
3-6
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
D.L. Morgan
w.o.
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Axel Berg Gravem
6-1
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Jean Borotra
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Algernon Kingscote
6-4
3-6
5-7
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-1
3-6
7-9
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
James Anderson
6-1
3-6
7-9
6-1
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Randolph Lycett
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Guy B. Fisher
w.o.
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
L.G.H. Watson
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ernest Rowe
6-0
4-6
10-8
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ronald Victor Thomas
7-5
4-6
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Cecil Stuart
6-3
6-2
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
7-5
2-6
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John W. Hubbell
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
William White Ingraham
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Frank Hunter
8-6
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dick Williams jr
6-3
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Gerald Patterson
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Frederick Elliott Von Frankenberg
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Nelson Campbell McLean
6-0
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Garton Hone
6-1
3-6
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Aubrey Reginald Sieler
6-2
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
8-6
6-2
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
6-3
2-6
7-5
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Sir Clive Hamilton Fitts
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Roberts
4-6
6-0
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman William Strange
6-1
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Noel Mervyn Heath
6-1
6-4
3-6
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-1
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone
9-7
10-8
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Cecil Stuart
6-3
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr. Colin Gurner
7-5
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ernest Rowe
8-6
6-4
1-6
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ronald Victor Thomas
18-16
6-3
1-1
ret.
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
M. Van den Driche
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Alexander Ernest Sandral
6-1
6-1
11-9
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr. George Eric Mackay
6-2
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
6-3
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
2-6
6-0
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John (Jack) Clemenger
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Sir Norman McAllister Gregg
6-4
2-6
6-4
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
James Anderson
9-7
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Stewart Hamilton Henderson
6-1
5-7
6-1
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
6-2
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Bill Tilden 1 *
Gerald Patterson
2-6
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
A.H. Barraclough
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr. George Eric Mackay
8-6
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rodney Heath
6-4
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
8-6
6-4
10-8
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
12-10
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
R.H. Denton
w.o.
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Harold Wynne Snelling
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 4
Bill Tilden 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
N.R. Chomley
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Prosper William Sandral
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
8-6
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Arthur Roy Taylor
5-7
4-6
ret.
Round 3
Dr Leonard Darby 1 *
Gerald Patterson
w.o.
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
H.J. Gilbert
6-0
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
7-5
6-2
7-5
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-0
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
André Gobert
10-8
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-1
7-5
1-6
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Algernon Kingscote
6-2
6-4
6-3
Challenge Round
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Brookes
6-3
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Fred Alexander
4-6
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Randolph Lycett
w.o.
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Watson McLean (Watty) Washburn
7-5
1-6
6-1
3-6
6-1
Round 4
Bill Johnston 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-2
3-6
6-4
4-6
7-5
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Ronald Victor Thomas
6-4
1-6
6-1
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Edward R. Jordan
6-1
6-4
9-7
Round 3
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Charles Norman Barnard
6-2
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Peach
6-2
6-2
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-3
6-4
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Norman Brookes
6-4
3-6
6-0
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
George Dodd
6-3
7-5
6-3
Poule
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Arthur Lowe
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-3
Poule
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Algernon Kingscote
6-4
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr. Charles Ray Lister
6-0
6-3
5-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-3
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rodney Heath
6-3
6-2
6-4
Final
Arthur O'Hara Wood 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
6-3
5-7
6-1
Round 1
Round 2
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Dr. Charles Ray Lister
6-0
6-3
5-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-3
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rodney Heath
6-3
6-2
6-4
Final
Arthur O'Hara Wood 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
6-3
5-7
6-1
Round 2
James Anderson 1 *
Gerald Patterson
3-6
6-1
6-4
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Percy Force Rowe
6-1
6-3
9-7
Round 2
Rodney Heath 1 *
Gerald Patterson
11-13
6-2
3-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Charles Norman Barnard
4-6
6-4
4-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
6-2
6-4