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Tony Mottram
Anthony John Mottram (8 June 1920 – 6 October 2016) was a British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.[2] Mottram reached the quarterfinal of the 1948 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Gardnar Mulloy.[1] In the doubles event he reached the final of the 1947 Wimbledon Championships with Bill Sidwell in which they were defeated by the first-seeded team of Jack Kramer and Bob Falkenburg.[1] He reached the French Open's fourth round in both 1947 and 1948, and the third round of the 1951 US Open.[3] Mottram was born in Coventry, then Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England.[2] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 June 1955.[4] The All England Lawn Tennis Club elected him an Honorary Member in 1957.[3] Mottram died on 6 October 2016 at the age of 96.[3] Personal lifeIn 1949 he married Joy Gannon who was also a tennis player, as were their children Buster Mottram and Linda Mottram.[5][6] In 1957 he published a book with his wife titled Modern Lawn Tennis.[7] Grand Slam finalsDoubles (1 runner-up)
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