The player must be a gracious loser and a modest winner. Generous in heart and spirit and always sportsmanlike. A champion player and a champion person. Rare as all this is in any one individual, our great expectations have usually been fulfilled, as the list of players already mentioned shows. Another fine representative was Paul MacNamee.
Rafter is a rare human being and a marvelous leader of Australian tennis.
It is he, more than any other, that has led Australian tennis to its new heights of national popularity. We respect his ability, but it is his character that we most like and are proud of. I could not imagine Rafter declining Davis Cup. Into this comes young Dokic. Australia has not had a strong woman player since Goolagong.