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'''Ian Ayre''' is an Australian former [[tennis]] player. He was educated at the [[Anglican Church Grammar School]].<ref>James Mason, ''Churchie: The Centenary Register'', Brisbane: The Anglican Church Grammar School, 2011, ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.</ref> |
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Ayre was a contemporary of [[Frank Sedgman]] (1927), [[George Worthington (tennis)|George Worthington]] (1928), [[Don Tregonning]] (1928), [[Rex Hartwig]] (1929), [[Ken McGregor]] (1929) and [[Mervyn Rose]] (1930). He was on the Australian [[Davis Cup]] team in 1951, 1952, and 1953, but never played in a match.<ref name=Davis>Peter Stone, [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19691203&id=n8YQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4259,331203 "Ian Ayre to train squad"], ''[[The Age]]'', 3 December 1969, p. 1.</ref><ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/42723485 "Davis Cup Squad Enlarged: Ian Ayre Included"], ''[[Cairns Post]]'', 7 December 1951, p. 1.</ref><ref>Ken Moses, [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/23097904 "Ayre Selected in Davis Cup Team"], ''[[The Argus (Australia)|The Argus]]'' (Melbourne), 15 December 1951, p. 1.</ref><ref>[http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1v408/DavisCupMediaGuide20/resources/121.htm Davis Cup Media Guide 2012, p. 120].</ref> In 1953 he reached the 4th round at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], losing to [[Sven Davidson]] 6-3 6-4 6-4,<ref name=tennisarchives>[http://www.tennisarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=184 Ian G. Ayre], Tennis archives.com.</ref> and the semifinals of the [[Australian Open]], losing to Mervyn Rose 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4.<ref name=tennisarchives/><ref>[http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/685.html Ian Ayre], Players, Australian Open.</ref> Ayre did not win a Grand Slam tournament. |
Ayre was a contemporary of [[Frank Sedgman]] (1927), [[George Worthington (tennis)|George Worthington]] (1928), [[Don Tregonning]] (1928), [[Rex Hartwig]] (1929), [[Ken McGregor]] (1929) and [[Mervyn Rose]] (1930). He was on the Australian [[Davis Cup]] team in 1951, 1952, and 1953, but never played in a match.<ref name=Davis>Peter Stone, [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19691203&id=n8YQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4259,331203 "Ian Ayre to train squad"], ''[[The Age]]'', 3 December 1969, p. 1.</ref><ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/42723485 "Davis Cup Squad Enlarged: Ian Ayre Included"], ''[[Cairns Post]]'', 7 December 1951, p. 1.</ref><ref>Ken Moses, [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/23097904 "Ayre Selected in Davis Cup Team"], ''[[The Argus (Australia)|The Argus]]'' (Melbourne), 15 December 1951, p. 1.</ref><ref>[http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1v408/DavisCupMediaGuide20/resources/121.htm Davis Cup Media Guide 2012, p. 120].</ref> In 1953 he reached the 4th round at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], losing to [[Sven Davidson]] 6-3 6-4 6-4,<ref name=tennisarchives>[http://www.tennisarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=184 Ian G. Ayre], Tennis archives.com.</ref> and the semifinals of the [[Australian Open]], losing to Mervyn Rose 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4.<ref name=tennisarchives/><ref>[http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/685.html Ian Ayre], Players, Australian Open.</ref> Ayre did not win a Grand Slam tournament. |
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Revision as of 11:02, 16 July 2015
Ian Ayre is an Australian former tennis player. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[1]
Ayre was a contemporary of Frank Sedgman (1927), George Worthington (1928), Don Tregonning (1928), Rex Hartwig (1929), Ken McGregor (1929) and Mervyn Rose (1930). He was on the Australian Davis Cup team in 1951, 1952, and 1953, but never played in a match.[2][3][4][5] In 1953 he reached the 4th round at Wimbledon, losing to Sven Davidson 6-3 6-4 6-4,[6] and the semifinals of the Australian Open, losing to Mervyn Rose 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4.[6][7] Ayre did not win a Grand Slam tournament.
He turned pro in 1955 and subsequently became a coach in Queensland. In 1969 he supervised the Davis Cup team when the captain, Neale Fraser, was temporarily unable to.[2] In 1975 he won the first Veterans' Open Tournament of the Gold Coast and District Tennis Association at Queens Park Tennis Centre.[8]
References
- ^ James Mason, Churchie: The Centenary Register, Brisbane: The Anglican Church Grammar School, 2011, ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- ^ a b Peter Stone, "Ian Ayre to train squad", The Age, 3 December 1969, p. 1.
- ^ "Davis Cup Squad Enlarged: Ian Ayre Included", Cairns Post, 7 December 1951, p. 1.
- ^ Ken Moses, "Ayre Selected in Davis Cup Team", The Argus (Melbourne), 15 December 1951, p. 1.
- ^ Davis Cup Media Guide 2012, p. 120.
- ^ a b Ian G. Ayre, Tennis archives.com.
- ^ Ian Ayre, Players, Australian Open.
- ^ Tennis Competitions, Tennis Gold Coast, retrieved 17 October 2012.
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