John Cottrill | |
Fullname: | John Arthur Cottrill |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1945 |
Australianopenresult: | 3R (1963, 1966, 1967) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1966) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1967) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | QF (1967) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | QF (1967) |
Australianopenmixedresult: | SF (1966) |
John Arthur Cottrill (born 18 November 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player.[1]
Cottrill, a New South Wales junior hard court champion from Sydney, was a member of Australia's Davis Cup squad for a 1965 tie against Spain. He took Roy Emerson to five sets in the semi-finals of the 1966 Australian Hard Court Championships.[2] In 1967, his final year on tour, he was married to tennis player Joan Gibson and partnered with her to make the mixed doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon. They had a son born in 1969.[3]