Rodney Heath
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Rodney Heath was an Australia
n male tennis player.
Heath was the men's singles champion at the inaugural Australasian Championships
in 1905. He won again it five years later in 1910.
Rodney Heath was an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n male tennis player.
Heath was the men's singles champion at the inaugural Australasian Championships
1905 Australasian Championships (tennis)
The 1905 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament played on Grass courts in Melbourne, Australia at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. The tournament took place in November 1905.-Singles: Rodney Heath def. Arthur Curtis, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4....
in 1905. He won again it five years later in 1910.
Grand Slam Titles
- Singles:
- Australasian Championships Champion: 1905, 1910
- Doubles:
- Australasian Championships Champion: 1906 with Tony WildingTony WildingAnthony "Tony" Frederick Wilding was a champion tennis player from Christchurch, New Zealand and a soldier killed in action during World War I near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France....
, 1911 with Randolph LycettRandolph LycettRandolph Lycett was a famous men's doubles tennis player.Lycett was the recognized as one of the dominant players in men's doubles... - Australasian Championships Runner-up: 1910 with J. L. Odea, 1914 with Pat O'Hara WoodPat O'Hara WoodHector "Pat" O'Hara Wood was an Australian male tennis player.O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian championships in 1920 and 1923. He died in 1961, aged seventy in Richmond...
- Australasian Championships Champion: 1906 with Tony Wilding