Ross Case

Ross Case

Country	Australia
Residence	Toowoomba, Australia
Born	(1951-11-01) 1 November 1951 (age 60) Toowoomba, Australia
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	255-247 (Grand Slam, Grand Prix, and WCT level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 14 (25 April 1976)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1974)
French Open	3R (1979)
Wimbledon	4R (1971)
US Open	4R (1973)
Doubles
Career record	356-241 (Grand Slam, Grand Prix and WCT level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	20
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1974)
French Open	F (1979)
Wimbledon	W (1977)
US Open	QF (1974)
Last updated on: 5 May 2012.

Ross Case (aka "The Snake",^[1] born 1 November 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) was an Australian tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 14.

With Geoff Masters he won two Grand Slam titles: the 1974 doubles at the Australian Open^[2] and the 1977 doubles at Wimbledon.^[3] He was also runner up in 1976 at Wimbledon.^[4] He played in the Australian Davis Cup team in 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978 and 1979.^[5]

Open-Era singles titles (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1971	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Gerald Battrick	3–6, 4–6, 7–9
Winner	1.	1973	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Geoff Masters	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	1973	Jakarta, Indonesia		John Newcombe	6–7, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	1974	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1975	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	7–5, 5–7, 6–7
Winner	3.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Marks	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	1976	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	1979	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	6–7, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles titles (20)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1972	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Geoff Masters	Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	1972	Seattle, U.S.	Hard	Geoff Masters	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Wanaro N'Godrella	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	1972	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Geoff Masters	Georges Goven Wanaro N'Godrella	6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Geoff Masters	John Newcombe Tom Okker	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1973	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Geoff Masters	Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Geoff Masters	Rod Laver John Newcombe	6–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	1974	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Geoff Masters	Syd Ball Bob Giltinan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1974	Hempstead WCT, New York	Hard	Geoff Masters	Jeff Borowiak Dick Crealy	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1974	St. Louis, U.S.	Clay	Geoff Masters	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	1974	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	1974	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Geoff Masters	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	1974	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Syd Ball	Mike Estep Marcello Lara	6–3, 7–6, 9–7
Winner	8.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	9.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	1975	St. Louis, U.S.	Clay	Geoff Masters	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	11.	1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Geoff Masters	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Geoff Masters	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	1976	Jackson WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	12.	1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Charlie Pasarell Allan Stone	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Geoff Masters	Owen Davidson Ken Rosewall	6–3, 3–6, 6–8, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	13.	1976	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Geoff Masters	Anand Amritraj Corrado Barazzutti	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	1977	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Jan Kodes	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	1977	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Tony Roche	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	15.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tony Roche	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	4–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	1977	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	15.	1977	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Geoff Masters	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 8–9, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Geoff Masters	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	16.	1978	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Geoff Masters	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	17.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	1978	Manila, Philippines	Clay	Chris Kachel	Sherwood Stewart Brian Teacher	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	18.	1979	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Phil Dent	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	19.	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Phil Dent	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	18.	1979	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Geoff Masters	John James Chris Kachel	7–6, 6–2
Winner	19.	1980	Republic of China	Carpet	Jaime Fillol	Andy Kohlberg Larry Stefanki	6–2, 7–6
Winner	20.	1980	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	1981	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	John Alexander	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	21.	1981	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Syd Ball	Marty Davis Chris Dunk	3–6, 4–6

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