Don Candy

Don Candy

Full name	Donald William Candy
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1929-03-31)31 March 1929 Adelaide, Australia
Died	14 June 2020(2020-06-14) (aged 91)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1952, 1959)
French Open	4R (1956, 1960)
Wimbledon	4R (1951, 1957, 1960)
US Open	3R (1951)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1952, 1953, 1956, 1959)
French Open	W (1956)
Wimbledon	QF (1956, 1957)
US Open	F (1951)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1952)

Don Candy (31 March 1929 – 14 June 2020) was an Australian tennis player who was mainly successful in doubles.

At the Grand Slam tournaments he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships singles event in 1952 and 1959. In the singles event at the French Championships he reached the eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.

In June 1951 Candy won the singles title at the Kent Championships, a grass court tournament held in Beckenham, defeating Gardnar Mulloy in three sets. The next year, 1952, he again reached the Kent final but on this occasion lost in three sets to Ham Richardson. In July 1951 he won the Midlands counties men's singles title after a straight sets victory in the final against Naresh Kumar from India.

In 1956 he won the Men's Doubles title at the French Championships. With his American partner Bob Perry he won against compatriots Ashley Cooper and Lew Hoad in three straight sets.

After his active career he moved to Baltimore in 1967 where he coached the World Team Tennis Baltimore Banners and later became the coach of Pam Shriver. In 2022 Shriver disclosed that she had been in a multi-year relationship with Candy, that started when she was a young player.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1951	US National Championships	Grass	Mervyn Rose	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	8–10, 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	1952	Australian Championships	Grass	Mervyn Rose	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	4–6, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	1953	Australian Championships	Grass	Mervyn Rose	Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall	11–9, 4–6, 8–10, 4–6
Loss	1956	Australian Championships	Grass	Mervyn Rose	Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall	8–10, 11–13, 4–6
Winner	1956	French Championships	Clay	Bob Perry	Ashley Cooper Lew Hoad	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1957	French Championships	Clay	Mervyn Rose	Mal Anderson Ashley Cooper	3–6, 0–6, 3–6
Loss	1959	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Howe	Rod Laver Robert Mark	7–9, 4–6, 2–6

External links

• Don Candy at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Don Candy at the International Tennis Federation
• Australian Open Player Profile