Kenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles.
11 Facts About Ken Fletcher
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Ken Fletcher was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to parents Norm and Ethel Fletcher.
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Ken Fletcher was educated at St Laurence's College and showed early promise as a championship tennis player there.
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Ken Fletcher reached the final of the Australian Open in 1963, losing to Roy Emerson.
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Ken Fletcher achieved a Grand Slam title in men's doubles in the 1964 French Open, playing with Emerson.
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Ken Fletcher was ranked World No 10 in 1966 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.
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Ken Fletcher was a larrikin by nature, and many of his exploits feature in Hugh Lunn's books, especially Over the Top with Jim and Head Over Heels.
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Ken Fletcher died of cancer at the age of 65 and was buried at the Mount Gravatt Lawn Cemetery, Brisbane.
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In January 2012, Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.
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In 2013, the Ken Fletcher memorial was erected in the park, outside the Queensland Tennis Centre, named in his honour.
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Ken Fletcher is the only player in the history of tennis, to win a grand slam, in mixed doubles in 1963, that is not enshrined in the International Tennis Hall Of Fame.