Tony Roche

For the English television, radio and film comedy writer, see Tony Roche (writer).

Tony Roche
AO MBE
Full nameAnthony Dalton Roche
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceTurramurra, New South Wales, Australia
Born (1945-05-17) 17 May 1945
Wagga Wagga, Australia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1963)
Retired1979
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 529,199
Int. Tennis HoF1986 (member page)
Singles
Career record838-338 (71.2%)[1]
Career titles46[2]
Highest rankingNo. 2 (1969, Lance Tingay)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1965, 1967, 1969, 1975)
French OpenW (1966)
WimbledonF (1968)
US OpenF (1969, 1970)
Doubles
Career record208–94 (Open era)
Career titles18 (Open era)
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1965)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1977)
French OpenW (1967, 1969)
WimbledonW (1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974)
US OpenW (1967)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1966)
WimbledonW (1976)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1965, 1966, 1967, 1977)

Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE (born 17 May 1945), professionally known as Tony Roche is an Australian former professional tennis player.

A native of Tarcutta, Roche played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga.[4] He won one Grand Slam singles title, the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros, and 15 Grand Slam doubles titles (12 of these with John Newcombe).

In 1968, Roche won the WCT/NTL combined professional championship in men's singles in the final event of the season at Madison Square Garden. He was ranked World No. 2 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1969.[3]

He won the U.S. Pro Championships in 1970 at Longwood in Boston. Roche won the New South Wales Open twice, in 1969 and 1976. He won a key Davis Cup singles match in 1977.

He also coached multi-Grand Slam winning world No. 1s Ivan Lendl, Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt.

Playing career

Amateur

Roche started to play tennis at school when he was nine. His father, who worked as a butcher, and his mother were both recreational tennis players and encouraged his interest.[5] Roche grew up playing in Australia under the tutelage of Harry Hopman, who also coached other Australian tennis players such as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.

Roche won one singles Grand Slam tournament, the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros, defeating István Gulyás in straight sets in the final. He was runner-up at the French Championships in 1965, where he beat Roy Emerson in four sets in the semi finals[6] before losing to Fred Stolle and 1967, when he lost to Emerson in the final.

Professional

In January 1968, Roche turned professional, signing with World Championship Tennis, joining other pros like John Newcombe, Cliff Drysdale, Nikola Pilić and Roger Taylor to form the "Handsome Eight".[7][8][9] Roche was guaranteed $125,000 annually, an amount equivalent to the annual salary of Willie Mays, the top paid baseball player.[10]

Roche was the leading money winner on the WCT tour in 1968.[11] In the 1968 final in the combined WCT/NTL professional event at Madison Square Garden, Roche defeated Rod Laver in the semifinal and Pancho Gonzales in the final.[12] At Wimbledon 1968 Roche beat Ken Rosewall in the fourth round in straight sets. "Roche played brilliantly. Rosewall never got going and netted shots that should have been winners".[13] He lost in the final in straight sets to Rod Laver. "Roche played a more consistent game, but Laver produced the flashes of genius that won the big points".[14]

Roche held a personal head-to-head edge over Laver during the latter's Grand Slam season of 1969, 5 to 4. At the News South Wales Open in Sydney, Roche beat Laver in the final in four sets. Rod didn't serve well "so Laver had to call upon his impromptu brilliance so many times to win points. He just couldn't keep it up against the tighter play of Roche."[15] The following week Roche and Laver played a classic match against each other in the 1969 Australian Open at Brisbane, two days after Roche had won a five set quarter final against John Newcombe.[16] The Laver-Roche semi final was one of the longest matches played at that stage in tennis history (they were on court for 4 hours and 45 minutes in searing heat). Roche "displayed phenomenal fighting qualities to come from two sets down to get back on level terms with Laver" but Laver won the fifth set.[17][18] Roche lost in the French Open semi finals to Rosewall[19] and the Wimbledon semi finals to Newcombe.[20] Roche contested the final match of Laver's Grand Slam run that year, the 1969 U.S. Open final, after beating Newcombe in five sets in the semi finals in intense humidity.[21] Laver beat Roche in four sets. The match started late due to rain and the court was dried by a helicopter to get it into a playable condition.[22][23]

Roche won the U.S. Pro Championships at Longwood, Boston in 1970, defeating Laver in a hard fought five set final. He lost in the 1970 US Open final in four sets against Ken Rosewall.[24]

Roche missed much of the 1972 and 1973 seasons due to an elbow injury to his playing arm. He had surgery and then visited a faith healer in Manila.[25] He returned to regular play in 1974 and in December that year won his first title in more than two years when he beat Phil Dent in the final in five sets on a windy day to win the New South Wales championships.[26] At the 1975 Australian Open, Roche led Newcombe 5-2 in the fifth set and had 3 match points before losing their semi final.[27] After beating Ken Rosewall in the fourth round, Roche lost in five sets in the Wimbledon 1975 semi finals to Arthur Ashe.[28]

Roche won his fourth New South Wales title (his first title was in the amateur era) by volleying well to beat Dick Stockton in the 1976 final in four sets.[29] Perhaps one of his greatest achievements came in 1977, playing singles in the finals of the Davis Cup tournament versus Italy, nearly 10 years since he had last played for Australia. In the tie, Roche upset top Italian Adriano Panatta in three straight sets to lead Australia to a 3–1 victory, winning the Davis Cup. One of his last great victories was in the final of Queen's in 1978, when the 33-year-old Roche beat 19-year-old John McEnroe in "as good a final as Queen's have had".[30]

Shoulder and elbow injuries cut short his career after having finished in the top 10 for six consecutive years.

Coaching career

After completing his playing career, Roche has developed a highly successful career as a tennis coach. He was the player-coach of the Denver Racquets who won the first World Team Tennis in competition 1974, and he was named WTT Coach of the Year.[31] Ivan Lendl hired Roche in 1985 as a full-time coach for Roche's advice on volleying.[32][33] Lendl dreamed of winning Wimbledon, and because Roche had been a fine grass court player, he sought his tutelage. Roche also coached former world no. 1 Patrick Rafter from 1997 to the end of his career in 2002. Roche coached world no. 1 Roger Federer from 2005 to 12 May 2007. It is reputed this was on a "handshake agreement" with no contract; Roche was paid by the week. Federer hired Roche for the opposite reason that Lendl hired him: to work on his clay-court game (as Roche had won the 1966 French Championships). He also coached two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Lleyton Hewitt, who was aiming to get his career back on track after a number of unsuccessful years on the ATP Tour.[34]

Honours

Roche was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1981 and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2001.[35][36] He entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside doubles partner and close friend John Newcombe in 1986.[37] In 1990 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[38] He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Centenary Medal in 2001.[39][40]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1965 French Championships Clay Fred Stolle 6–3, 0–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1966 French Championships Clay István Gulyás 6–1, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1967 French Championships Clay Roy Emerson 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss 1968 Wimbledon Grass Rod Laver 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1969 US Open Grass Rod Laver 9–7, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1970 US Open Grass Ken Rosewall 6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1964 French Championships Clay John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Ken Fletcher		 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1965 Australian Championships Grass John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Fred Stolle		 3–6, 4–6, 13–11, 6–3, 6–4
Win 1965 Wimbledon Championships Grass John Newcombe Ken Fletcher
Bob Hewitt		 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1966 Australian Championships (2) Grass John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Fred Stolle		 9–7, 3–6, 8–6, 12–14, 10–12
Win 1967 Australian Championships (2) Grass John Newcombe Bill Bowrey
Owen Davidson		 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6
Win 1967 French Championships Clay John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Ken Fletcher		 6–3, 9–7, 12–10
Win 1967 U.S. Championships Grass John Newcombe Bill Bowrey
Owen Davidson		 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
↓ Open Era ↓
Win 1968 Wimbledon (2) Grass John Newcombe Ken Fletcher
Ken Rosewall		 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Win 1969 French Open (2) Clay John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 1969 Wimbledon (3) Grass John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen		 7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win 1970 Wimbledon (4) Grass John Newcombe Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle		 10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win 1971 Australian Open (3) Grass John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen		 6–2, 7–6
Win 1974 Wimbledon (5) Grass John Newcombe Bob Lutz
Stan Smith		 8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 1976 Australian Open (4) Grass John Newcombe Ross Case
Geoff Masters		 7–6, 6–4
Win 1977(J) Australian Open (5) Grass Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell
Erik van Dillen		 6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1965 Wimbledon Championships Grass Judy Tegart Margaret Smith
Ken Fletcher		 10–12, 3–6
Win 1966 Australian Championships Grass Judy Tegart Robyn Ebbern
William Bowrey		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1967 Australian Championships Grass Judy Tegart Lesley Turner
Owen Davidson		 7–9, 4–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss 1969 Wimbledon (2) Grass Judy Tegart Ann Haydon
Fred Stolle		 2–6, 3–6
Win 1976 Wimbledon Grass Françoise Dürr Rosemary Casals
Dick Stockton		 6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Career SR
Australian Open A QF SF QF SF A SF QF 3R A A 2R SF QF 3R 1R QF 3R 0 / 14
French Open 1R 2R F W F A SF A A A A A A A A A A 1 / 6
Wimbledon 1R 2R 2R QF 2R F SF QF 1R A A 3R SF 4R A 1R A 0 / 13
US Open 3R QF A 3R A 4R F F A A A 3R 2R A A A A 0 / 8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 41

Open-Era finals

[41]

Singles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runners-up)

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1968 Sydney WCT Carpet Nikola Pilić 96–33
Loss 1. 1968 Miami WCT Carpet Butch Buchholz 22–31, 26–31
Loss 2. 1968 Fresno WCT Carpet Butch Buchholz 23–31, 29–31
Loss 3. 1968 Baltimore WCT Carpet Dennis Ralston 0–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 1968 Wimbledon, London Grass Rod Laver 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 5. 1968 Pretoria WCT Hard John Newcombe 9–11, 6–4, 3–6
Win 2. 1968 Johannesburg WCT Hard Butch Buchholz 6-2, 9-7
Loss 6. 1968 Durban WCT Hard John Newcombe 3–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 1968 Port Elizabeth WCT Hard Roger Taylor 8–10
Win 3. 1968 Cape Town WCT Hard Cliff Drysdale 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8. 1968 Kimberley WCT Hard John Newcombe 8–10
Win 4. 1968 Vienna WCT Hard (i) John Newcombe 6–4, 7–5
Win 5. 1968 Madison Square Garden, New York City Carpet Pancho Gonzales 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9. 1969 Hobart, Australia Grass Fred Stolle 3–6, 6–0, 4–6, 1–6
Win 6. 1969 Sydney, Australia Grass Rod Laver 6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 12–10
Win 7. 1969 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Rod Laver 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 10. 1969 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Pro Indoor Carpet Rod Laver 5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Win 8. 1969 Hollywood Clay Rod Laver 6–3, 9–7, 6–4
Win 9. 1969 Oakland Carpet Rod Laver 4–6, 6–4, 11–9
Loss 11. 1969 Rome, Italy Clay John Newcombe 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 10. 1969 Hamburg, Germany Clay Tom Okker 6–1, 5–7, 8–6, 7–5
Loss 12. 1969 US Open, New York Grass Rod Laver 9–7, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win 11. 1969 Tucson Hard Tom Okker 9–7, 6–1
Win 12. 1969 Vienna Hard Tom Okker w/o
Loss 13. 1969 Wembley, UK Carpet (i) Rod Laver 4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win 13. 1970 Australian round robin Grass John Newcombe 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 14. 1970 Melbourne Grass John Newcombe 4–6, 4–6, 6–4 ret.
Loss 15. 1970 Philadelphia WCT, US Carpet Rod Laver 3–6, 6–8, 2–6
Win 14. 1970 Dublin, Ireland Grass Rod Laver 6–3, 6–1
Win 15. 1970 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Tom Okker 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Win 16. 1970 Boston, US Pro Hard Rod Laver 3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 16. 1970 US Open, New York Grass Ken Rosewall 6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win 17. 1972 Washington WCT, US Clay Marty Riessen 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 17. 1973 Kansas City Hard Charlie Pasarell 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 18. 1974 Bombay, India Clay Onny Parun 3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win 18. 1974 Sydney Grass Phil Dent 7–6, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
Loss 19. 1975 Nottingham, England Grass Tom Okker 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 19. 1976 Charlotte WCT, US Carpet Vitas Gerulaitis 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 20. 1976 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Dick Stockton 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 20. 1977 Brisbane, Australia Grass Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6, 1–6, 1–6, 5–7
Win 21. 1978 London/Queen's Club, England Grass John McEnroe 8–6, 9–7

Doubles

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1968 Wimbledon, London Grass John Newcombe Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle 		3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Loss 1. 1968 Hamburg, Germany Clay John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		4–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 1968 Hobart, Australia Grass Fred Stolle Mal Anderson
Roger Taylor 		5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 3. 1969 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6–8, 4–6
Win 2. 1969 French Open, Paris Clay John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver 		4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3. 1969 Wimbledon, London Grass John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win 4. 1970 Wimbledon, London Grass John Newcombe Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle 		10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win 5. 1970 Louisville, U.S. Hard John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver 		8–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win 6. 1971 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6–2, 7–6
Win 7. 1971 Miami WCT, U.S. Hard John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 4. 1971 Chicago WCT, U.S. Carpet John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win 8. 1971 Rome, Italy Clay John Newcombe Andrés Gimeno
Roger Taylor 		6–4, 6–4
Win 9. 1971 Tehran WCT, Iran Clay John Newcombe Bob Carmichael
Ray Ruffels 		6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss 5. 1972 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6–7, 6–7
Loss 6. 1972 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet John Newcombe Arthur Ashe
Bob Lutz 		3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 7. 1972 Charlotte WCT, U.S. Clay John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 8. 1972 Las Vegas WCT, U.S. Hard John Newcombe Roy Emerson
Rod Laver 		DEF
Win 10. 1972 St. Louis WCT, U.S. Carpet John Newcombe John Alexander
Phil Dent 		7–6, 6–2
Loss 9. 1972 Washington WCT, U.S. Clay John Newcombe Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 11. 1972 Boston WCT, U.S. Hard John Newcombe Arthur Ashe
Bob Lutz 		6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Win 12. 1974 Toronto WCT, Canada Carpet Raúl Ramírez Tom Okker
Marty Riessen 		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 10. 1974 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Manuel Orantes John Alexander
Phil Dent 		6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win 13. 1974 Wimbledon, London Grass John Newcombe Bob Lutz
Stan Smith 		8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 11. 1974 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) John Newcombe Ross Case
Geoff Masters 		4–6, 4–6
Win 14. 1976 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass John Newcombe Ross Case
Geoff Masters 		7–6, 6–4
Win 15. 1976 Charlotte WCT, U.S. Carpet John Newcombe Vitas Gerulaitis
Gene Mayer 		6–3, 7–5
Win 16. 1977 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell
Erik van Dillen 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 12. 1977 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet Ross Case Wojtek Fibak
Tom Okker 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 13. 1977 Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada Carpet Ross Case Wojtek Fibak
Tom Okker 		4–6, 1–6
Win 17. 1977 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) John Newcombe Ross Case
Geoff Masters 		6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win 18. 1978 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) John Newcombe Mark Edmondson
John Marks 		6–4, 6–3

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