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Ashley John Cooper (born 15 September 1936 in
Melbourne) is a former tennis player from
Australia who was World No. 1 amateur in the late
1950s.

1958 was Cooper's big year where he became one of
only ten men to date (2004) to win three of the
four major events in the same year - he won
singles at the Australian Open|Australian,
Wimbledon championships|British, and U.S. Open
(tennis)|American championships and was a
semi-finalist at the French Open|French
championship, losing to Louis Ayala 11-9, 6-4,
4-6, 2-6, 5-7.  

The right-handed Cooper was the top-ranked player
in both 1957, when he was a Wimbledon and Forest
Hills finalist and Paris semi-finalist, and in
1958.  Cooper was a Australian Davis Cup player as
the team won the cup from '56 and '57, and
finalists in '58.  He turned professional in 1959.
     

Upon retiring as a player, Cooper has served as a
tennis player development administrator with
Tennis Queensland, where he has been based for
forty years.  He presently also sits on the Board
of Directors for Tennis Australia.

Cooper was inducted into the International Tennis
Hall of Fame in 1991. 

==External links==
*http://www.idolblog.com/ashley-cooper Ashley
Cooper at Idolblog.com
*http://www.tennisfame.com/enshrinees/ashley_coope
r.html International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee
page for Cooper