Owen Davidson (born 4 October 1943 in Melbourne) was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Partnering Billie Jean King, he managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. Davidson was one of very few to win a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships all in the same year-1967. at the Australian Championships, he teamed with Lesley Turner Bowrey and with King to win the other three grand slams. His best grand slam singles result was at Wimbledon in 1966, when he reached the semifinals. He is also the 1972 Australian Open and the 1973 US Open men's doubles champion, partnering John Newcombe and Ken Rosewall. [edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6) [edit] Wins (2) [edit] Runner-ups (4) | Year | Championship | Partnering | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | | 1966 | Wimbledon |  Bill Bowrey | Ken Fletcher
John Newcombe | 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | | 1967 | Australian Championships | Bill Bowrey | John Newcombe
Tony Roche | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6 | | 1967 | U.S. Championships | Bill Bowrey | John Newcombe
Tony Roche | 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3 | | 1972 | US Open (2) | John Newcombe |  Cliff Drysdale
 Roger Taylor | 6–4, 7–6, 6–3 | [edit] Grand Slam mixed doubles finals [edit] Wins (11) | Year | Championship | Partnering | Opponents in Final | Score in Final | | 1965 | Australian Championships | Robyn Ebbern | Margaret Court
John Newcombe | shared championship, final not played | | 1966 | U.S. Championships |  Donna Floyd Fales | Carol Hanks Aucamp
Ed Rubinoff | 6–1, 6–3 | | 1967 | Australian Championships (2) | Lesley Turner Bowrey | Judy Tegart Dalton
Tony Roche | 9–7, 6–4 | | 1967 | French Championships | Billie Jean King | Ann Haydon Jones
 Ion Ţiriac | 6–3, 6–1 | | 1967 | Wimbledon [1] | Billie Jean King |  Maria Bueno
Ken Fletcher | 7–5, 6–2 | | 1967 | U.S. Championships (2) | Billie Jean King | Rosemary Casals
Stan Smith | 6–3, 6–2 | | 1971 | Wimbledon (2) | Billie Jean King | Margaret Court
Marty Riessen | 3–6, 6–2, 15–13 | | 1971 | US Open (3) | Billie Jean King | Bob Maud
 Betty Stöve | 6–3, 7–5 | | 1973 | Wimbledon (3) | Billie Jean King | Janet Newberry
 Raúl Ramírez | 6–3, 6–2 | | 1973 | US Open (4) | Billie Jean King | Margaret Court
Marty Riessen | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 | | 1974 | Wimbledon (4) | Billie Jean King | Lesley Charles
Mark Farrell | 6–3, 9–7 | [edit] Runner-up (1) [edit] References - ^ The Championships, Wimbledon 2007 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM
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