# Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.
Edmondson won the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, and remains 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.
Edmondson's best subsequent performance in Grand Slams was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1981 and Wimbledon in 1982, which took him to a career-high singles ranking of #15. As a doubles player, he won 34 titles, including five in Grand Slams.

## Grand Slam performance
### Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| Australian Open | 2R | W | QF | A | 2R | QF | 3R | SF | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | NH | 3R |
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A |
| US Open | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A |

### Grand Slam finals, 10 (6 wins, 4 losses)
#### Singles, 1 (1 win)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1976 | Australian Open | Grass | John Newcombe | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 |

#### Doubles, 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1980 | Australian Open (1/1) | Grass | Kim Warwick | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 1981 | Australian Open (2/2) | Grass | Kim Warwick | Hank Pfister John Sadri | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 1983 | Australian Open (3/3) | Grass | Paul McNamee | Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1983 | French Open (0/1) | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Hans Simonsson Anders Järryd | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 1984 | Australian Open (4/4) | Grass | Sherwood Stewart | Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1985 | Australian Open (4/5) | Grass | Kim Warwick | Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg | 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 1985 | French Open (1/2) | Clay | Kim Warwick | Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |

#### Mixed doubles 2 (2 losses)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1980 | Wimbledon (0/1) | Grass | Dianne Fromholtz | Tracy Austin John Austin | 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1986 | French Open (0/1) | Clay | Rosalyn Fairbank | Kathy Jordan Ken Flach | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |

## Career finals
### Singles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 1976 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | John Newcombe | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | 1976 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Phil Dent | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | 1978 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | John Alexander | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 3–1 | 1979 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | Guillermo Vilas | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | 1979 | Surbiton, England | Grass | Victor Amaya | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–2 | 1981 | Adelaide, Australia | Grass | Brad Drewett | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–3 | 1981 | Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Gianni Ocleppo | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | 1981 | Bristol, England | Grass | Roscoe Tanner | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | 1981 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Chris Lewis | 7–6, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–4 | 1981 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet (i) | Vincent Van Patten | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6–5 | 1981 | Hong Kong | Hard | Van Winitsky | 4–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6–6 | 1983 | Las Vegas, United States | Hard | Jimmy Connors | 6–7, 1–6 |

### Doubles (34 titles, 34 runner-ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 1975 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | John Marks | Chris Kachel Peter McNamara | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1. | 1976 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Clay | John Marks | John Andrews Colin Dibley | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2. | 1976 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | John Marks | Syd Ball Kim Warwick | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2. | 1977 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | John Marks | Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3. | 1978 | Florence, Italy | Clay | John Marks | Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta | 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3. | 1978 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Tom Okker | Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 1978 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Bob Carmichael | Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 1978 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Bob Carmichael | Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 1978 | Stowe, United States | Hard | Kim Warwick | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson | 6–3, 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 1978 | Hartford, United States | Carpet | Van Winitsky | John McEnroe Bill Maze | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Loss | 7. | 1978 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | John Marks | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5. | 1978 | Hong Kong | Hard | John Marks | Hank Pfister Brad Rowe | 5–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 8. | 1978 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | John Marks | Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts | 2–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 9. | 1979 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | John Marks | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd | 3–6, 1–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 6. | 1979 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | John Marks | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10. | 1979 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | John Marks | Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7. | 1979 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | John Marks | Pat DuPré Robert Lutz | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | 1980 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Kim Warwick | Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 9. | 1980 | Surbiton, England | Grass | Kim Warwick | Andrew Pattison Butch Walts | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13 |
| Loss | 11. | 1980 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Kim Warwick | Colin Dowdeswell Ismail El Shafei | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10. | 1980 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Kim Warwick | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 11. | 1981 | Houston, United States | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Anand Amritraj Fred McNair | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12. | 1981 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | Mike Estep | Paul McNamee Peter McNamara | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 12. | 1981 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | John Fitzgerald | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 |
| Loss | 13. | 1981 | San Francisco, United States | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 14. | 1981 | Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Mike Estep | Rod Frawley Chris Lewis | 5–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Win | 13. | 1981 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Kim Warwick | Hank Pfister John Sadri | 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 14. | 1982 | Adelaide-2, Australia | Grass | Kim Warwick | Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith | 7–5, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 15. | 1982 | Richmond WCT, United States | Carpet | Kim Warwick | Syd Ball Rolf Gehring | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 16. | 1982 | Munich-2 WCT, West Germany | Carpet | Tomáš Šmíd | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 17. | 1982 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 15. | 1982 | Milan, Italy | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 18. | 1982 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Carpet | Steve Denton | Tony Giammalva Tim Mayotte | 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 16. | 1982 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Paul McNamee Peter McNamara | 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 17. | 1982 | Houston, United States | Clay | Peter McNamara | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 19. | 1982 | Hilton Head WCT, United States | Clay | Rod Frawley | Alan Waldman Van Winitsky | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 18. | 1982 | Bristol, England | Grass | Kim Warwick | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 20. | 1982 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | Brian Teacher | Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 21. | 1982 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Kim Warwick | Rod Frawley Pavel Složil | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 22. | 1982 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Steve Denton | John McEnroe Peter Fleming | 6–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 19. | 1982 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Steve Denton | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 20. | 1982 | Sawgrass Doubles, United States | Clay | Kim Warwick | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | W/O |
| Loss | 21. | 1982 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Steve Denton | John McEnroe Peter Rennert | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 22. | 1983 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Brian Gottfried | Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy | 6–7, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 23. | 1983 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 6–7, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 23. | 1983 | North Conway, United States | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 24. | 1983 | Indianapolis, United States | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 24. | 1983 | Brisbane, Australia | Carpet | Kim Warwick | Pat Cash Paul McNamee | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 25. | 1983 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Sherwood Stewart | John McEnroe Peter Rennert | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 26. | 1983 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Steve Denton John Fitzgerald | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 27. | 1983 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Paul McNamee | Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 28. | 1984 | Boca West, United States | Hard | Sherwood Stewart | David Dowlen Nduka Odizor | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 25. | 1984 | Luxembourg | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 29. | 1984 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 26. | 1984 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Sherwood Stewart | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 27. | 1984 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 28. | 1984 | Hong Kong | Hard | Paul McNamee | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 30. | 1984 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Sherwood Stewart | Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 31. | 1985 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Kim Warwick | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 29. | 1985 | Dallas, United States | Carpet | Sherwood Stewart | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 32. | 1985 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Kim Warwick | Shlomo Glickstein Hans Simonsson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 30. | 1985 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Brad Drewett | Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 31. | 1985 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Kim Warwick | John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 32. | 1985 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Kim Warwick | Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 33. | 1985 | Adelaide, Australia | Grass | Kim Warwick | Nelson Aerts Tomm Warneke | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 33. | 1986 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Sherwood Stewart | Guy Forget Yannick Noah | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 34. | 1986 | Bristol, England | Grass | Wally Masur | Christo Steyn Danie Visser | 7–6, 6–7, 10–12 |
| Win | 34. | 1987 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | Brad Drewett | Peter Doohan Laurie Warder | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |