Paddy Roberts (tennis)
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Arthur Gordon "Paddy" Roberts (born 21 November 1929) is a British former professional tennis player. He is the son of tennis coach Arthur Roberts Sr, who guided Sue Barker and Angela Mortimer to grand slam titles.[1]
Full name | Arthur Gordon Roberts |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | (1929-11-21)21 November 1929 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1951) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1948, 1949, 1950) |
Roberts, native of Torquay, was British junior champion in 1946 and 1947.[2] As an 18-year old in 1948 he had an upset win over France's number five ranked player Roger Duboc at the British Hard Court Championships.[3] He progressed to win titles at Cheltenham and Exmouth amongst others over the next few years. In 1951 he featured for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in a tie against France and lost his reverse singles match to Bernard Destremau in five sets.[4] Later in the year he had a close loss to Eric Sturgess in the final of the Scottish Championships.[5] In 1952 he opted to turn professional. He was a two-time winner of the British Professional Championships.[6]