Norman Brookes

Sir
Norman Brookes
Full nameNorman Everard Brookes
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1877-11-14)14 November 1877
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died28 September 1968(1968-09-28) (aged 90)
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired1928
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1977 (member page)
Singles
Career record225–52 (81.2%)
Career titles19
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1907, ITHF)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1911)
French Open2R (1928)
WimbledonW (1907, 1914)
US OpenQF (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1924)
WimbledonW (1907, 1914)
US OpenW (1919)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919)

Sir Norman Everard Brookes (14 November 1877  28 September 1968) was an Australian tennis player. During his career he won three Grand Slam singles titles; Wimbledon in 1907 and 1914 (the first non-British born individual to do so) and the Australasian Championships in 1911. Brookes was part of the Australasian Davis Cup team that won the title on six occasions. The Australian Open men's singles trophy, the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, is named in his honour. After his active playing career Brookes became president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia.