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Sir Norman Brookes, Knight Commander of the Order
of the British Empire|KBE (November 14 1877
– September 28, 1968) was an Australian
tennis champion and president of the Lawn Tennis
Association of Australia.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Brookes' father had
become rich from gold mining, and Norman Brookes
received a private education. On leaving school he
went to work as a clerk at the paper mill where
his father was managing director, and was on the
board himself within eight years. 

Brookes won the Wimbledon Championship men's
singles twice, first in 1907 when he was the first
non-British winner, and again in 1914. He also won
the doubles in 1907 with New Zealander Anthony
Wilding.  He was personally a major figure in
establishing the Australian Open (known as the
Australasian Championship until 1927) which he won
in 1911.

Brookes played 39 Davis Cup matches for
Australia/New Zealand and Australia between 1905
and 1920. During World War I he served as
commissioner of the Australian branch of the
British Red Cross in Egypt. 

In 1926 he became the first president of the Lawn
Tennis Association of Australia, a post he held
for the next 28 years. He was knighted in 1939. He
died in South Yarra in 1968. 

The trophy for men's singles at the Australian
Open is named in his honour. He was inducted into
the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.