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General First nameMark Ronald
LastnameEdmondson
GenderMale
CountryAustralia
Date of birth1954-06-24
Place of birthGosford, NSW, Australia


About

Edmondson is best remembered for winning the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, still the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam tournament since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. He is the last Australian to date to win the men's singles at the Australian Open.

Hard work and an indefatigable will to win have brought Mark Edmondson much deserved sucesses on the pro tour. "Edo" has had some very good singles results, to say the least: winning the Australian crown in 1976, with wins over Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe, and his reaching the semi-finals, unseeded, at Wimbledon in 1982.

Yet it is doubles where he has cornered a portion of the tennis record book. Through 1986, Mark had reached 65 doubles finals, winning 31. Mark's late father was a man very dedicated to Australian tennis, and a tennis complex was named in his honour in their hometown.
Outspoken, frank and opinionated, Mark is cut from the same cloth; he cares enough about the future of his sport to have served on the ATP Board of Directors, 1980-1984.
His wife name is Vicki, and son Karl.

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Archive statistics Career1971 - 1987
Tournament wins13
Matches632
Match wins357


Tournament wins 1981 - South Pacific (Grand Prix Circuit)
1981 - West of England Championships (Amateur)
1981 - South Australian Championships ()
1979 - Western Australia Championships (Open)
1978 - South Pacific (Grand Prix Circuit)
1977 - Kent Championships (Open)
1976B - Manly Seaside Tournament (Open)
1976 - Australian Open (Grandslam)
1976 - South Pacific (Grand Prix Circuit)
1975 - Tasmanian Championships (Amateur)
1975 - Ascona International (Open)
1973B - Manly Seaside Tournament (Open)
1973 - Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney (Amateur)


Tournaments Australian Open - 1987 Wimbledon - 1986 Roland Garros - 1986 Australian Open - 1985 Wimbledon - 1985 Roland Garros - 1985 Queens Club Tournament - 1985 Australian Open - 1984 Wimbledon - 1984 Monte Carlo - 1984 US Open - 1984 Canadian International Championships - 1984 Cincinnati - 1984 US Clay Courts - 1984 Queens Club Tournament - 1984 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1984 German International Championships - 1984 West of England Championships - 1984 Brisbane International - 1984 ABN AMRO Rotterdam - 1984 Milano Indoors - 1984 Australian Indoors - 1984 Boca West International - 1984 Luxembourg - 1984 Australian Open - 1983 Wimbledon - 1983 Monte Carlo - 1983 New South Wales Championships - 1983 Canadian International Championships - 1983 Queens Club Tournament - 1983 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1983 German International Championships - 1983 West of England Championships - 1983 Brisbane International - 1983 ABN AMRO Rotterdam - 1983 Milano Indoors - 1983 Hong Kong Open - 1983 Las Vegas - 1983 Australian Indoors - 1983 Taipei International - 1983 World Team Cup - 1983 Tokyo Indoor - 1983 Australian Open - 1982 Wimbledon - 1982 South Australian Championships - 1982 US Open - 1982 New South Wales Championships - 1982 Canadian International Championships - 1982 Austrian International Championships - 1982 Cincinnati - 1982 Queens Club Tournament - 1982 River Oaks Tournament - 1982 West of England Championships - 1982 ABN AMRO Rotterdam - 1982 Richmond Indoor Championships - 1982 Indian Wells - 1982 Championships of Stuttgart - 1982 Milano Indoors - 1982 WCT-Hilton Head - 1982 Las Vegas - 1982 WCT - Munich - 1982 Australian Indoors - 1982 Gunze World Open - 1982 World Team Cup - 1982 WCT - Forest Hills - 1982 Tokyo Indoor - 1982 Frankfurt Open - 1982 Melbourne Indoor - 1982 Long Island Exhibition - 1982 WCT - Baltimore - 1982 Australian Open - 1981 Wimbledon - 1981 South Australian Championships - 1981 Roland Garros - 1981 US Open - 1981 New South Wales Championships - 1981 Canadian International Championships - 1981 Pacific Coast Championship - 1981 Cincinnati - 1981 US Clay Courts - 1981 Queens Club Tournament - 1981 Italian International Championships - 1981 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1981 International Championships of Egypt - Cairo - 1981 River Oaks Tournament - 1981 German International Championships - 1981 Kent Championships - 1981 West of England Championships - 1981 Thailand Open - 1981 Western Australia Championships - 1981 Bastad - 1981 Championships of Stuttgart - 1981 Hong Kong Open - 1981 Austrian International Indoor - 1981 Australian Indoors - 1981 South Pacific - 1981 Taipei International - 1981 WCT - Forest Hills - 1981 Tokyo Indoor - 1981 Lorraine Open - 1981 Melbourne Indoor - 1981 Australian Open - 1980 Wimbledon - 1980 Roland Garros - 1980 New South Wales Championships - 1980 Cincinnati - 1980 US Clay Courts - 1980 Queens Club Tournament - 1980 Italian International Championships - 1980 US Pro Championships - 1980 German International Championships - 1980 Australian Hard Courts Championship - 1980 Thailand Open - 1980 Gstaad - 1980 Washington Open - 1980 Philadelphia Indoors - 1980 Hong Kong Open - 1980 Baltimore International Indoors - 1980 Australian Indoors - 1980 South Pacific - 1980 North Conway - 1980 Taipei International - 1980 Stowe - 1980 Melbourne Indoor - 1980 Australian Open - 1979 Wimbledon - 1979 Roland Garros - 1979 US Open - 1979 New South Wales Championships - 1979 Canadian International Championships - 1979 US Clay Courts - 1979 Queens Club Tournament - 1979 Italian International Championships - 1979 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1979 US Pro Championships - 1979 German International Championships - 1979 Surrey Championships - 1979 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1979 Australian Hard Courts Championship - 1979 Japan Open - 1979 Western Australia Championships - 1979 Bastad - 1979 Gstaad - 1979 Santa Clara - 1979 Tulsa Open - 1979 Hong Kong Open - 1979 Australian Indoors - 1979 Dayton Classic - 1979 South Pacific - 1979 North Conway - 1979 San Jose International - 1979 Taipei International - 1979 Tokyo Indoor - 1979 Australian Open - 1978 Wimbledon - 1978 Roland Garros - 1978 US Open - 1978 New South Wales Championships - 1978 Netherlands International Championships - 1978 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1978 Wimbledon Qualifying - 1978 Japan Open - 1978 Western Australia Championships - 1978 Bastad - 1978 Gstaad - 1978 Hartford - 1978 Hong Kong Open - 1978 Manila International - 1978 Australian Indoors - 1978 South Pacific - 1978 Hittfeld International - 1978 Australia 1 Satellite - Leg 3 - 1978 Australia 1 Satellite - Masters - 1978 Birmingham Open - 1978 Stowe - 1978 Tokyo Indoor - 1978 Australia 1 Satellite - Leg 1 - 1978 Australia 1 Satellite - Leg 4 - 1978 United States 2 Satellite - Leg 1 - 1978 United States 2 Satellite - Leg 2 - 1978 United States 2 Satellite - Leg 3 - 1978 United States 2 Satellite - Leg 4 - 1978 Gstaad - Qualifying - 1978 Australian Open - 1977 Wimbledon - 1977 South Australian Championships - 1977 Roland Garros - 1977 US Open - 1977 Southern California Championship - 1977 US Clay Courts - 1977 Queens Club Tournament - 1977 Italian International Championships - 1977 Netherlands International Championships - 1977 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1977 US Pro Championships - 1977 German International Championships - 1977 Kent Championships - 1977 Nottingham - 1977 Australian Hard Courts Championship - 1977 Bastad - 1977 Louisville Open - 1977 Washington Indoor - 1977 Denver - 1977 Las Vegas - 1977 Australian Indoors - 1977 South Pacific - 1977 North Conway - 1977 Perth Open - 1977 La Costa International - 1977 Manly Seaside Tournament - 1976B Australian Open - 1976 Wimbledon - 1976 Roland Garros - 1976 US Open - 1976 New South Wales Championships - 1976 Canadian International Championships - 1976 Nice - 1976 US Clay Courts - 1976 Italian International Championships - 1976 Netherlands International Championships - 1976 British Hard Court Championships - 1976 International Championships of Egypt - Cairo - 1976 US Pro Championships - 1976 German International Championships - 1976 South African Championships - 1976 Nottingham - 1976 Khartoum - 1976 Valencia Open - 1976 New South Wales Hard Court Championships - 1976 Bastad - 1976 Mallorca - 1976 Florence International - 1976 Washington Open - 1976 Louisville Open - 1976 Aryamehr Cup - 1976 Manila International - 1976 Australian Indoors - 1976 South Pacific - 1976 Barcelona ATP Open - 1976 North Conway - 1976 Pacific Land Players - 1976 Nuremberg ATP Open - 1976 Malta International - 1976 WCT - Stockholm - 1976 Bermuda Classic - 1976 Australian Open - 1975 Wimbledon - 1975 South Australian Championships - 1975 New South Wales Championships - 1975 Montana-Vermala - 1975 Queensland Championships - 1975 Wimbledon Qualifying - 1975 Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney - 1975 Tasmanian Championships - 1975 Manly Seaside Tournament - 1975 Chichester - 1975 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1975 Travemünde International - 1975 Sutton Hard Courts - 1975 Eastern Suburbs Hard Court Championship - 1975 Ingolstadt - 1975 Ascona International - 1975 Australian Indoors - 1975 New South Wales Championships - 1974B New South Wales Championships - 1974 Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney - 1974 New South Wales Hard Court Championships - 1974 Manly Seaside Tournament - 1973B Surrey Championships - 1973 Paddington - 1973 Australian Hard Courts Championship - 1973 Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney - 1973 New South Wales Hard Court Championships - 1973 Chichester - 1973 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1973 Norwich Open - 1973 Cumberland Hard Courts - 1973 Surrey - 1973 Sutton Hard Courts - 1973 Eastern Suburbs Hard Court Championship - 1973 Queensland Championships - 1972 Australian Capital Territory Championships - 1972 Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney - 1972 Manly Seaside Tournament - 1972 Sydney Metropolitan Hard Courts - 1972 Illawarra Suburbs - 1972 New South Wales Hard Court Championships - 1971 Sydney Metropolitan Hard Courts - 1971