Owen Davidson

Owen Davidson (born October 4, 1943 in Melbourne) was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Partnering Billie Jean King, he managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. Davidson was one of very few to win a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships all in the same year-1967. at the Australian Championships, he teamed with Lesley Turner Bowrey and with King to win the other three grand slams. His best grand slam singles result was at Wimbledon in 1966, when he reached the semifinals. He is also the 1972 Australian Open and the 1973 U.S. Open men's doubles champion, partnering John Newcombe and Ken Rosewall.

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1972	Australian Open	Ken Rosewall	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3-6, 7-6, 6-2
1973	U.S. Open[1]	John Newcombe	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	7-5, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1966	Wimbledon	Bill Bowrey	Ken Fletcher John Newcombe	6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1967	Australian Championships	Bill Bowrey	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-8, 8-6
1967	U.S. Championships	Bill Bowrey	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6-8, 9-7, 6-3, 6-3
1972	U.S. Open (2)	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	6-4, 7-6, 6-3

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

Wins (11)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1965	Australian Championships	Robyn Ebbern	Margaret Court John Newcombe	shared championship, final not played
1966	U.S. Championships	Donna Floyd Fales	Carol Hanks Aucamp Ed Rubinoff	6-1, 6-3
1967	Australian Championships (2)	Lesley Turner Bowrey	Judy Tegart Dalton Tony Roche	9-7, 6-4
1967	French Championships	Billie Jean King	Ann Haydon Jones Ion Ţiriac	6-3, 6-1
1967	Wimbledon [2]	Billie Jean King	Maria Bueno Ken Fletcher	7-5, 6-2
1967	U.S. Championships (2)	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals Stan Smith	6-3, 6-2
1971	Wimbledon (2)	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court Marty Riessen	3-6, 6-2, 15-13
1971	U.S. Open (3)	Billie Jean King	Rob Maud Betty Stöve	6-3, 7-5
1973	Wimbledon (3)	Billie Jean King	Janet Newberry Raúl Ramírez	6-3, 6-2
1973	U.S. Open (4)	Billie Jean King	Margaret Smith Court Marty Riessen	6-3, 3-6, 7-6
1974	Wimbledon (4)	Billie Jean King	Lesley Charles Mark Farrell	6-3, 9-7

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1968	French Open	Billy Jean King	Françoise Durr Jean Claude Barclay	6-1, 6-4

References

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External links

• Owen Davidson Biography
• ATP Tour profile for Owen Davidson

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