Patrick Hart Cash (born May 27, 1965) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. He achieved the rank of the world's best single career ATP. 4 in May 1988 and the world's highest double ATP rating. 6 in August 1988. He has been described as one of the greatest net players of all time by Sport Hall of Fame Australia. [1] After winning the men's singles championship at Wimbledon in 1987, he climbed into the stands to celebrate, starting a tradition that has been followed by many winners in subsequent years.
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Junior tahun
The son of Pat Cash Sr., an Australian footballer for Hawthorn, Cash first came into the world of tennis as a prominent and promising junior player in the early 1980s. He was awarded a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. He was ranked No. 2 junior player. 1 in the world in 1981.
In June 1982, Cash won the junior double title at the French Open, partnering with John Frawley. In July he won a junior title at Wimbledon, and when partnering with Frawley, he also won a junior double title at the same tournament. In September, he won the junior title at the US Open, and while partnering with Frawley, he also became runner-up of the junior doubles in the same tournament.
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Initial career
Cash turned professional in 1982 and won his first top-level singles title that year in Melbourne.
Cash built a reputation on the tour as a hard serve and hard volley and to wear the black-and-white headband he cherished and his cross earrings.
In 1983, Cash became the youngest player to play in the Davis Cup final. He won a decisive rubber single against Joakim NystrÃÆ'¶m as Australia beat Sweden 3-2 to clinch the trophy.
In 1984, Cash reached the men's singles semi-final at Wimbledon and the US Open. He lost three sets in the Wimbledon semi-finals to John McEnroe and was beaten in the semi-finals at the US Open by Ivan Lendl, who won their game in the fifth set tiebreaker. Today is considered one of the greatest days in US Open history as it features three sets of final women Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe vs. Jimmy Connors five sets of marathons - creating a day now known as 'Super Saturday'. She finished this year in the Top 10 for the first time.
Cash became runner-up in the Men's Doubles competition at Wimbledon in 1984 with McNamee and 1985 with Fitzgerald.
1986
In 1986, he helped Australia reclaim the Davis Cup with a 3-2 win over Sweden. Cash again won a decisive sole rubber, recovering from two sets down against Mikael Pernfors.
Just before Wimbledon in 1986, Kas had an emergency appendicitis operation. He reached the quarter-finals of the competition, and during the championship he started a tradition that is now commonly throwing bracelets and headbands to the crowd.
1987
The year 1987 was a very strong year for Cash. He reached 5 final singles, of which 2 of them are Grand Slam finals. Cash reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the Australian Open, where she lost five sets to Stefan Edberg. This is the last Australian Open played on Kooyong on the grass.
At the height of Cash's career came at Wimbledon in 1987. After defeating Marcel Freeman, Paul McNamee, Michiel Schapers, Guy Forget, Mats Wilander in the quarter-finals and Jimmy Connors in the semi-finals, Cash beat world number 1 Ivan Lendl in the final in straight sets. The cash sealed the victory by climbing into the stands and down to the player's box at the Court Center, where he celebrated with his family, girlfriend, and coach, Ian Barclay. He then started another Wimbledon tradition that has been followed by many other champions at Wimbledon and other Grand Slam tournaments since then. He only dropped a set during the entire tournament. He finished this year at number 7.
1988
In January 1988, Cash reached the final of the Australian Open for the second year in a row and faced another Swede, Mats Wilander. It was the first men's singles final to be played at Melbourne Park's new stadium on a hardcourt, and Wilander won in a four and a half hour game, taking the sixth set 8-6. It was the first Grand Slam final in history to be played indoors after a rain delay forced the roof to close in the middle of the game. Cash also reached the highest rank of his career in the world. 4 in May.
Coming as defending champion at fourth seed Wimbledon, Cash only dropped 2 sets (both during the second round) on his way to the quarter-finals, but his journey ended when he lost to seed 6 and finally runner-up Boris Becker. This is the last time he reached the quarterfinals at the Grand Slam tournament in singles. 1988 is the last time Cash ends the year in the top 20, finishing this year at number 20, after being ranked 10th from the beginning of the year to 21 November.
Later career
In April 1989, Cash broke his Achilles tendon at the Japan Open and did not act until the early 1990s.
Cash played in his third Davis Cup final in 1990. This time, Australia lost 2-3 from the United States.
Cash continued to play on the on-and-off circuit until the mid-1990s. A series of back-to-back injuries to his Achilles tendon, knee, and back prevented him from retaking his best form after winning Wimbledon in 1987. He won his last singles title in 1990 in Hong Kong. His last double title came in 1996 at Pinehurst with Rafter.
For most of his career, Cash was trained by Melbourne-born tennis coach, Ian Barclay.
Since retiring from the tour, Cash has lived primarily in London. She is the host of a magazine event focusing on tennis CNN Open Court , and also works as a TV color commentator, especially for the BBC. He has trained top players including Greg Rusedski and Mark Philippoussis. Cash open a tennis academy on the Gold Coast of Australia and has trained many of Australia's top ranked juniors. He opened an academy in Ko Sumui, Thailand and in the Caribbean St. Vincent, St. Lucia and the Dominican Republic as well.
Cash continues to be a lottery card on touring the ATP and Champions League legends after winning the Hall of Fame event in Newport Rhode Island in 2008 and 2009.
Cash won an Wimbledon over-45 double with fellow Australian Mark Woodforde in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He has now garnered junior titles, tours and Wimbledon legends. Until now, he remains the only one who has done it. In November 2014, he played in the Champions League Champions in India.
Cash's main passion away from tennis and his family is playing the guitar. He went on stage with INXS at the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame induction at the Australian Open in 2003 and has played with his own bands at events and festivals.
Cash was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2005.
Gelar tur senior:
- 2000 - London Masters, U.K. (Blackrock Tour of Champions)
- 2001 - Graz, Austria (Blackrock Tour of Champions)
- 2008 - Piala Champions Newport, A.S. (Tur Juara Outback)
- 2009 - Piala Champions Newport, A.S. (Tur Champions Outback)
Kehidupan pribadi
In the early twenties, Cash had two children with his current girlfriend, Norwegian model Anne-Britt Kristiansen. They have a son, Daniel Kristiansen Cash (born May 27, 1986) and a daughter Mia Kristiansen Cash (born 1988). From 1990 to 2002, Cash married Brazilian Emily Bendit. Their twin boys, Shannon Cash and Jett Cash, were born in 1994. Jett is a rising tennis player.
Cash became grandpa in May 2010 at the age of 44 when his daughter Mia gave birth to a baby girl.
He founded the Australian Arkade Planet environmental charity with his friend Jon Dee.
Cash supports Hawthorn in the Australian Football League; his father Pat Cash Sr. playing for Hawthorn between 1951 and 1955 as a forward, collecting 58 matches and scoring 75 goals.
Final significant
Grand Slam final
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)
Double (2 runner-up)
Final career
Singles (6 titles, 5 runners-up)
Double (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)Won (12)
- 1982 - Adelaide
- 1983 - Brisbane, Sydney Open
- 1984 - Houston, Houston WCT, Aix-En-Provence, London
- 1985 - Las Vegas
- 1987 - Montreal
- 1990 - Sydney Outdoor, Hong Kong
- 1996 - Pinehurst
Runner-up (6)
- 1984 - Wimbledon
- 1985 - London, Wimbledon
- 1986 - Hong Kong, Stockholm
- 1996 - Bermuda
Final Grand Slam Junior
Singles Boys: 3 (2-1)
Time schedule performance
Singles
Walkover is not an official victory or official loss.
References
External links
- The official Pat Cash website
- Pat Cash in Tennis Professional Association
- Pat Cash in International Tennis Federation
- Pat Cash in Davis Cup
- Pat Cash on the ATP Champions Tour
- Pat Cash at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
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