Who was Australian tennis legend Owen Davidson’s wife? – The marriage status of Australian tennis great Owen Davidson is unknown. A search on the internet turns up no information about his wife, so we can’t confirm or deny whether he was married at the time he died.
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Davidson passed away on May 13, 2023, at the age of 79.
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.
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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.
Nicknamed “Davo,” Davidson won the men’s doubles title twice.
He 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, he 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.
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