Australian Diaspora - Australian Emigrants, Australian Expatriates, Bob Hewitt, Mark Kratzmann, Hayley Lever, David Malouf, Paul Scully-Power (Paperback)

Chapters: Australian Emigrants, Australian Expatriates, Bob Hewitt, Mark Kratzmann, Hayley Lever, David Malouf, Paul Scully-Power, Jade North, Christopher Skase, Raymond Dart, Graham Staines, Wilbur Taylor Dartnell, Michael Carrington, Tony Hussein Hinde, Stan Grant, Clinton Morgan, Godfrey Blunden, Rachel Cleland, Christopher Kelen, Joy Nichols, Gladys Staines, Paul Glasson, A. E. Clarke. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 92. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt (born 12 January 1940 in Dubbo, New South Wales) was a professional male tennis player from Australia. After he married Dalaille, a young woman from Johannesburg, South Africa he became an official South African citizen. Hewitt's most significant accomplishments were winning all of the Grand Slam doubles titles, both the Men's Doubles Grand Slam titles as well as the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam titles (U.S. Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open) and being central to South Africa's only Davis Cup title in 1974. That victory was a little controversial though with India boycotting the final because the team on the orders of its government refused to play the final in South Africa due to its Apartheid policies which were affecting the ethnic Indian community of the country. Hewitt had seven titles in singles, along with 65 in doubles. His career prize money amounted to more than a million dollars. In 1992 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=277929