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Pat O'Hara Wood

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Pat O'Hara Wood
Full nameHector O'Hara Wood
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1891-04-30)30 April 1891
Melbourne, Australia
Died3 December 1961(1961-12-03) (aged 70)[1]
Richmond, Australia
Turned pro1913 (amateur tour)
Retired1929
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record242–55 (81.4%)[2]
Career titles19[2]
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1922, A. Wallis Myers)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1920, 1923)
WimbledonQF (1919, 1922)
US Open4R (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1919, 1920, 1923, 1925)
F (1924, 1926, 1927)
WimbledonW (1919)
F (1922)
US OpenF (1922, 1924)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonW (1922)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1922Ch, 1923Ch, 1924Ch)

Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.

O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1920 and 1923.[4] Pat was quick around the court, had textbook groundstrokes, sharp volleys and a solid serve.[5] He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond, Australia. His brother Arthur O'Hara Wood (1890–1918) was also an Australian tennis player and won the 1914 Australasian Championships.

After attending Melbourne Grammar School, he entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1911, where he excelled at cricket as well as tennis,[6] leading the Trinity College team to a memorable victory against Ormond College in March 1911, where he made 167 not out.[7] In 1916, as a 23-year-old law student, he enlisted as an officer in the Australian Army. In 1919, as Captain Pat O'Hara-Wood, he and Bombardier Randolph Lycett won the doubles event at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris.

On 3 August 1923 he married Australian tennis player Meryl Waxman.[8][9]

Grand Slams finals

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Singles: 2 titles

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1920 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Ronald Thomas 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3 [10]
Win 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Bert St. John 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 [10]

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1919 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Ronald Thomas Australia James Anderson
United Kingdom Arthur Lowe		 7–5, 6–1, 7–9, 3–6, 6–3 [11]
Win 1919 Wimbledon Grass Australia Ronald Thomas Australia Rodney Heath
United Kingdom Randolph Lycett		 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 [12]
Win 1920 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Ronald Thomas Australia Horace Rice
Australia Roy Taylor		 6–1, 6–0, 7–5 [13]
Loss 1922 Wimbledon Grass Australia Gerald Patterson Australia James Anderson
United Kingdom Randolph Lycett		 6–3, 9–7, 4–6, 3–6, 9–11 [12]
Loss 1922 U.S. National Championships Grass Australia Gerald Patterson United States Vincent Richards
United States Bill Tilden		 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6 [14]
Win 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Bert St. John Australia Dudley Bullough
Australia Horace Rice		 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 [11]
Loss 1924 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Gerald Patterson Australia James Anderson
Australia Norman Brookes		 2–6, 4–6, 3–6 [11]
Loss 1924 U.S. National Championships Grass Australia Gerald Patterson United States Howard Kinsey
United States Robert Kinsey		 5–7, 7–5, 9–7, 3–6, 4–6 [14]
Win 1925 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Gerald Patterson Australia James Anderson
Australia Fred Kalms		 6–4, 8–6, 7–5 [11]
Loss 1926 Australasian Championships Grass Australia James Anderson Australia John Hawkes
Australia Gerald Patterson		 1–6, 4–6, 2–6 [11]
Loss 1927 Australian Championships Grass Australia Ian McInnes Australia John Hawkes
Australia Gerald Patterson		 6–8, 2–6, 1–6 [11]

Mixed Doubles: 1 title

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1922 Wimbledon Grass France Suzanne Lenglen United States Elizabeth Ryan
United Kingdom Randolph Lycett		 6–4, 6–3 [15]

References

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  1. ^ "Death of Mr. Pat O'Hara Wood". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 4 December 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Pat O'Hara Wood: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Sports and Pastimes (Tennis: The Greatest Players)", Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 2 November 1922.
  4. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ^ "Pat O'Hara Wood". tennis.co.nf.
  6. ^ James Grant, Perspectives of a Century (Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147-49.
  7. ^ "Cricket—Trinity College Beats Ormond", The Argus, 31 Mar. 1911, p. 4.
  8. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 September 1923. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "LAWN TENNIS". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 11 August 1923. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ a b "Australian Open Results Archive / Men's Singles". Australian Open official website. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Australian Open Results Archive / Men's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Australian Open Results Archive / 1920 Men's Doubles". Australian Open official website. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  14. ^ a b "U.S. Open Past Champions / Men's Doubles". US Open official website. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Mixed Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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