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John Basil Fitzgerald (born 28 December 1960, in Cummins, South Australia, Australia) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During his career, he won 6 top-level singles titles and 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles, and a career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open). He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991. His career-high singles ranking was World Number 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1986. Fitzgerald is currently the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team. He plays right-handed with a single-handed backhand.

1 Career statistics
2 External links

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 11 (7-4)

Wins (7)

Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1982	Australian Open	Grass	John Alexander	Andy Andrews John Sadri	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1984	U.S. Open	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3, 6–3
1986	French Open	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6
1991	French Open (2)	Clay	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–0, 7–6
1991	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Anders Järryd	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
1991	U.S. Open (2)	Hard	Anders Järryd	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Pat Cash	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1988	French Open	Clay	Anders Järryd	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1988	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
1993	Australian Open	Hard	Anders Järryd	Danie Visser Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 6 (2-4)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1983	U.S. Open	Hard	Elizabeth Sayers	Ferdi Taygan Barbara Potter	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Jim Pugh Natalia Zvereva	7–6, 6–2

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1984	U.S. Open	Hard	Elizabeth Sayers	Tom Gullikson Manuela Maleeva	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Paul McNamee Martina Navratilova	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1985	U.S. Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Heinz Günthardt Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–4
1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Rick Leach Zina Garrison	7–5, 6–2

Career finals

Singles: 11 (6-5)

Wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in final
1.	1981	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.	1982	Maui, Hawaii, USA	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–2, 6–3
3.	1983	Newport, Rhode Island, USA	Grass	Scott Davis	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
4.	1983	Stowe, Vermont, USA	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
5.	1984	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Sammy Giammalva, Jr.	6–3, 6–3
6.	1988	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Andrei Chesnokov	6–3, 6–4

Runner-ups (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in final
1.	1982	Sydney, Australia	Grass	John Alexander	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
2.	1984	Melbourne Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Dan Cassidy	7–6, 7–6
3.	1987	Hong Kong	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
4.	1988	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
5.	1988	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	7–6, 6–4

Doubles titles (30)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
2.	1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–3
3.	1982	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Alexander	Andy Andrews John Sadri	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
4.	1982	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Alexander	Cliff Letcher Craig Miller	6–4, 7–6
5.	1983	Bristol, England	Grass	John Alexander	Tom Gullikson Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–4
6.	1983	Newport, USA	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
7.	1984	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3, 6–3
8.	1985	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Chris Lewis	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	7–6, 6–2
9.	1985	Las Vegas, USA	Hard	Pat Cash	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
10.	1985	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–3, 6–2
11.	1986	French Open, Paris	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 14–12
12.	1986	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Boris Becker	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–4, 7–6
13.	1988	Miami, USA	Hard	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 6–1, 7–5
14.	1988	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Johan Kriek	Steve Denton David Pate	6–4, 6–4
15.	1988	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Darren Cahill	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	6–3, 6–2
16.	1988	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Paul Annacone	Jim Grabb Christo Van Rensburg	6–2, 6–2
17.	1989	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6
18.	1989	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Jakob Hlasek Eric Winogradsky	7–6, 6–4
19.	1991	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–0, 7–6
20.	1991	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Anders Järryd	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
21.	1991	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Anders Järryd	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
22.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	7–5, 6–3
23.	1991	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
24.	1991	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
25.	1992	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Anders Järryd	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7–6, 2–6, 16–14
26.	1992	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Patrick Baur Christo Van Rensburg	7–6, 6–2
27.	1992	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6–2, 6–2
28.	1993	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Anders Järryd	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–1
29.	1994	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Patrick Rafter	Vojtech Flegl Andrew Florent	6–3, 6–3
30.	1994	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Mark Woodforde	Scott Davis Brian MacPhie	4–6, 6–2, 6–0

Runner-ups (31)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Forest Hills WCT, USA	Clay	Andy Kohlberg	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
2.	1982	Zurich WCT, Switzerland	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tom Gullikson	6–4, 6–2
3.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
4.	1983	Columbus, USA	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	Scott Davis Brian Teacher	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
5.	1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Steve Denton	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–1, 6–4
6.	1984	Bristol, England	Grass	John Alexander	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	7–6, 7–6
7.	1984	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Kim Warwick	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 7–6
8.	1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Pat Cash	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
9.	1985	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Pat Cash	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
10.	1986	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–6, 7–5
11.	1986	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–6
12.	1987	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Steve Denton	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–5, 6–3
13.	1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
14.	1988	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
15.	1988	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Paul Annacone	Kevin Curren Jim Grabb	7–5, 7–5
16.	1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Wally Masur Tom Nijssen	W/O
17.	1989	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Anders Järryd	Martin Davis Tim Pawsat	7–5, 7–6
18.	1989	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
19.	1990	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–2, 6–3
20.	1990	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Hendrik Jan Davids Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 7–6
21.	1991	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Laurie Warder	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
22.	1991	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Anders Järryd	Stefan Edberg Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 7–6
23.	1991	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	7–6, 6–3
24.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
25.	1992	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Anders Järryd	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6–1, 6–7, 6–4
26.	1992	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard	Anders Järryd	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
27.	1993	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Laurie Warder	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 7–5
28.	1993	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Anders Järryd	Danie Visser Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
29.	1994	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Darren Cahill	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
30.	1995	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Anders Järryd	Mark Knowles Jonathan Stark	7–5, 6–4
31.	1995	Hong Kong	Hard	Anders Järryd	Tommy Ho Mark Philippoussis	6–1, 6–7, 7–6