Theodore Tennis Club has six courts, 123 members, a modest clubhouse and a trophy cabinet with an impressive display.
In a second-hand antique cabinet tucked away in a corner of the Theodore Tennis Club house, a large silver trophy sits proudly on the top shelf.
"I thought Theodore Tennis Club is going to be there forever and ever and that's where I started my tennis," Anderson says.Win was Anderson's 'purple patch' Other champion Australians to lift the trophy include Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe and Pat Rafter.He was the first unseeded player in US Open history to win the title, beating the world number one and fellow Aussie Ashley Cooper in a major upset.
"I think Ash thought he had an easy game because I wasn't really successful against him up until that time," Anderson says."I didn't put the emphasis on that it was a Grand Slam tournament. I just wanted to play tennis.A rangy serve-volleyer, Anderson was at his peak in 1957 and 1958, reaching a career-high ranking of number two in the world.
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