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Frank Allan Sedgman, born October 29, 1927, in Mt.
Albert, Victoria (Australia)|Victoria, Australia,
was a tennis player of the very highest quality. 
In a 4-year span from 1949 through 1952 he won 22
Grand Slam in tennis|Grand Slam titles in singles,
doubles, and mixed doubles, 3 less than John
Newcombe and 6 less than Roy Emerson won over
longer periods of time. 
He won the doubles Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam
in 1951 with his partner Ken McGregor and was the
major force in the first three years of the
Australian domination of the Davis Cup matches in
which they won 15 victories in an 18-year span
from 1950 through 1967.

Sedgman was an extremely fast, slim, 5'11" (1.80
m) right-hander known for his fitness.  He was one
of a number of Australian players who used the
Continental grip in which the racquet is held the
same way for both the forehand and the backhand. 
He was particularly known for his volleying and
speed at the net.  He was also extremely graceful
in his footwork and strokes, with a severely
classical style that was a model to other players
for many years.  Although largely forgotten today,
Sedgman is almost certainly one of the 20 greatest
male tennis players to have ever played.

In the days before the Open era of tennis, he
turned professional in 1953 and became the first
tennis player, except, perhaps, for Bill Tilden,
to make more than $100,000 in a single year.  He
was, however, narrowly beaten that first year by
the reigning king of professional tennis, Jack
Kramer, 54 matches to 41.

Sedgman was the winner of three Professional
Tennis Championships|major titles in pre-open
tennis era professional tennis and was the
runner-up in four more.  He continued to play
professionally well into the 1960s.  He was
inducted into the International Tennis Hall of
Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1979.


==Grand Slam wins==
===Australian Open|Australian Championship===
*Singles champion, 1949-50
*Doubles champion, 1951-52 
*Mixed Doubles champion, 1949-50
**Singles finalist, 1952
**Doubles finalist, 1947-48 

===Wimbledon Championships===
*Singles champion, 1952
*Doubles champion, 1948, 51-52 
*Mixed Doubles champion, 1951-52
  
===US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championship===
*Singles champion, 1951-52
*Doubles champion, 1950-51
*Mixed Doubles champion, 1951-52 
**Doubles finalist, 1949, 1952 
**Mixed Doubles finalist, 1950 

===French Open|French Championship===
*Doubles champion, 1951-52
*Mixed Doubles champion, 1951-52
**Singles finalist, 1952
**Doubles finalist, 1948 
**Mixed Doubles finalist, 1948


==Professional World Singles Tournament wins==
*Wembley Arena|Wembley, England
**Champion, 1953, 1958
***Finalist, 1956

*United States Professional Championship
**Finalist, 1956, 1961

*French Professional Championship
**Champion, 1953
***Finalist, 1959


==See also==
*List of male tennis players