Owen Davidson cause of death

What caused Owen Davidson’s death? – Professional tennis player from Australia in the 1960s and 1970s Owen Keir Davidson has died at the age of 79. The cause of death is yet to be revealed. There was no prior knowledge of him battling any illness.

Davidson, who was born on October 4, 1943, won 11 major mixed doubles titles, eight with King, and was only the third player in history to win a calendar-year Grand Slam in mixed doubles.

In total, Davidson won four mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open.

His four Wimbledon titles are the most for a male player at the All-England Club in mixed doubles.

In 1967, he dominated mixed doubles, first winning the Australian Championships with Aussie Lesley Turner and then sweeping the French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships with King.

From 1967 to 1974, the pair almost ran the table in their eight mixed doubles victories, losing only the middle set of the 1973 U.S. Championships final against Margaret Court and Marty Riessen.

Davidson had already won three mixed doubles titles before teaming up with King at the French Open in 1967.

Davidson, nicknamed “Davo,” won the men’s doubles title twice.

Davidson reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships five times (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1967), the Wimbledon semifinals in 1966, and the U.S. Championships quarterfinals twice (1966, 1967).

In 2010, Davidson was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.

On January 26, 2011 (Australia Day), he was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.

Davidson died on May 13, 2023, at the age of 79.