Tony Mottram
Full name: Anthony John Mottram
Nickname: Tony
Nickname: Tony
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| Bio | Mottram was born in Coventry, then Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England. He was the second of 3 children, his father worked as a leather bicycle seat salesman. Tony was a hard-working boy who, despite his family’s modest means, won a scholarship to Bablake School in 1931. "He showed an early talent for ball games, encouraged by his mother, a keen golfer. Although none of the family played tennis, Tony’s passion for the sport was sparked when a friend took him to play at Earlsdon Tennis Club." He was a British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s. Mottram reached the quarterfinal of the 1948 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Gardnar Mulloy. In the doubles event he reached the final of the 1947 Wimbledon Championships with Bill Sidwell in which they were defeated by the first-seeded team of Jack Kramer and Bob Falkenburg. He reached the French Open's fourth round in both 1947 and 1948, and the third round of the 1951 US Open. Along with Bunny Austin, he sits in joint-sixth place for the most Davis Cup match-wins by a British player, compiling a 36-20 win-loss record when competing in the international team competition – five more wins than his son (31-10) managed in Davis Cup although, unlike Buster, Tony never competed for the title. Only Fred Perry, Mike Sangster, Bobby Wilson, Tim Henman and Andy Murray have managed to win more Davis Cup matches for Great Britain than Mottram, who played in the competition from 1947-1955. |
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