Jack Crawford (tennis)

John Herbert Crawford, known as Jack Crawford (born 22 March 1908 in Albury, New South Wales, † September 10, 1991 in Cessnock, New South Wales) was an Australian tennis player.

He won several Grand Slam tournaments, and would have been almost the first player to have won the Grand Slam. This triumph won then five years later Don Budge.

In 1933 he won the Australian, French and English championships and reached the final of the U.S. Championships at Forest Hills against Fred Perry. He led 2-1 in sets when he got a asthmatic attack, the title and the immortality of the tennis cost him, and had the last two sentences practically give away.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of tennis in 1979.

Grand Slam victories

• Australian Championships: Single - 1931-1933, 1935
• Double - 1929-1930, 32, 1935
• Mixed - 1931-1933

• Roland Garros: Single - 1933
• Double - 1935
• Mixed - 1933

• Wimbledon: Single - 1933
• Double - 1935
• Mixed - 1930