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Malcolm J. Anderson (born 3 March 1935 in
Theodore, Queensland|Theodore, near Rockhampton,
Queensland|Rockhampton in Queensland) was a star
Australian tennis player from the middle 1950s  to
the early 1970s.

A right-hander, Anderson started playing tennis
when he was 8 and became serious about the sport
at 16.  His two best seasons statistics-wise were
1957 and 1958 when as an amateur he twice achieved
a ranking of World No. 2.  

In '57 he won the U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. National
Singles Championship as an unseeded player.  He
also that year reached the semi-finals of the
Australian Open|Australian National Singles
Championship and won the French Open|French
National Doubles Championship, partnering with
Ashley Cooper, the man he defeated at Forest
Hills. 

In '58, Anderson was a finalist at both the Forest
Hills and Kooyong, losing both times to Cooper. 
From 1959, Anderson played professional tennis,
winning London Indoor Professional
Championship|Wembley in 1959.  He did not appear
in another major final until 1972 when at age 36
he was a finalist at the Australian Open.  In '73
he captured the doubles title at Kooyong as
partner of John Newcombe. 

Anderson played on four Australian Davis Cup teams
1954, 1957, 1958, and 1973, winning twice ('57 and
'73).   He was inducted into the International
Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.


===External link===
*http://www.tennisfame.com/enshrinees/anderson.htm
l International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee page