| 13rd | Top Old Scotch Collegians |
| Country | Australia | |
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| Residence | ||
| Date of birth | December 17, 1895 | |
| Place of birth | Preston, Vic | |
| Date of death | June 13, 1967 (aged 71) | |
| Place of death | Melbourne | |
| Height | ft 0 in (0.00 m) | |
| Singles | ||
| Highest ranking | 1 (1919) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | W (1927) | |
| Wimbledon | W 1919, 1922 | |
| Doubles | ||
| Australian Open | W 1914, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927 | |
| Wimbledon | W 1920 | |
| Last updated on: June 8, 2009. | ||
Gerald Leighton Patterson (17 December 1895 – 13 June 1967) was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Melbourne, educated at Scotch College Melbourne and died in Melbourne in 13 June 1967. He was the co-World No. 1 player for 1919 along with Bill Johnston.
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Tall and well-built, Gerald Patterson played a strong serve-and-volley game that won him three major singles. Patterson was known as the “Human Catapult” for his powerful serve that many of the top players had trouble returning. He also enjoyed great success representing Australia in Davis Cup and amassed a 32-14 win–loss record (singles 21-10, doubles 11-4) and was part of the winning team in 1919. Gerald played Davis cup 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928 and finally as captain in 1946. He was a player ahead of his time, playing with a steel racquet strung with wire in 1925.
He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1989 and then the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in August 1997
Patterson was the nephew of Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.
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   | Tennis Hall of Fame profile - International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| | ADB biography - Patterson, Gerald Leighton (1895 - 1967) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |
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