| Biography | Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 19701987 reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top 10 including Guillermo Vilas, Raul Ramerez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kode, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was World No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, Roland Garros 1986 and also a runner-up in Australian Open 1985, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 62, 64. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Nastase who won 64, 64. |