John Hillebrand
John Hillebrand is an Australian former tennis player who was active from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. He is currently living in San Pedro, California. His best finish in a Grand Slam tournament came in 1963, when he reached the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with partner Peter McPherson.[1]
Career
Player
In the first round at Wimbledon in 1963, he defeated John Newcombe in five sets with the score 14-12, 9-7, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3. Arthur Ashe then defeated him 5-7 ,7-5, 11-9, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round.[2][3]
In 1964, Hillebrand and partner Clive Brebnor reached the men's doubles final of the British Hard Court Championships, where they lost to Cliff Drysdale and Keith Diepraam in straight sets.[4]
John Hillebrand has wins Either in Singles or Doubles against Champions.... Frank Sedgman; Neale Fraser; Rex Hartwig; John Newcombe; Tony Roche; Paul McNamee; Peter McNamara; Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan and J Drobny.....He also has wins over World Davis Cup players. They include.....Mark Cox (GB); Roger Taylor (GB); Keith Diepraam (S Africa); Likechev (Russia); Beppi Merlo (Italy); Pierre Barthes (Fr); Daniel Contet (Fr); Dubitsky (Israel); Andres Licis ( Poland); Christian Kuhnke (Ger.); Juan Gisbert (Spain); Nikki Pilic ( Yugoslavia)..........Some of the Tournaments he won include...A Monte Carlo; Chapel Allerton; Sutton Coalfield; Eastbourne; Hoylake; St. Annes-On-Sea; The Irish International Doubles Championship with Warren Jacques (1961) As a Junior, Hillebrand won the Victorian Under 19 Clay Court Singles Championships 3 years in a row. Up until that time, it had only been done ONCE; and that was by Neale Fraser.... Hillebrand also won the Tasmanian State Under 19 Singles Championships in 1957.....John Hillebrand after retirement from the World Tennis Circuit Captained the Winning " A " Pennant team of Liston/Esplanade to the Premiership of Melbourne, Victoria in 1966.........
Coach
As a coach he taught Jim Pugh from a 10 year old to No. 1 in the world in doubles.[5] And coached his wife (now ex). Charleen has 123 National USA Senior Titles.
Hillebrand later became the director of the Australian School of Tennis in San Pedro, California.[6]
References
- ↑ Australian Open results archive
- ↑ 1963 Wimbledon results
- ↑ Weissberg, Ted (1993). Arthur Ashe (Illustrated ed.). Los Angeles: Melrose Square Pub. Co. p. 74. ISBN 978-0870677816.
- ↑ "Drysdale, Knight Gain Tennis Final", The New York Times, April 25, 1964.
- ↑ Irene Garcia (23 July 1989). "Top-Ranked Doubles Player Has Single-Minded Determination to Win". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Library of Congress name authority file, John Hillebrand