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John Feaver (born 16 February 1952) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom.[1][2]

John Feaver

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Wimbledon, London
Born	(1952-02-16) 16 February 1952 (age 70) Fleet, Hampshire
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	67–167
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 98 (31 October 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1974)
French Open	1R (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983)
Wimbledon	4R (1973)
US Open	4R (1977)
Doubles
Career record	126–171
Career titles	1
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1974, 1977Jan)
French Open	SF (1982)
Wimbledon	QF (1981)
US Open	3R (1977)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1981)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	1R (1983)

Career

After attending Millfield, Feaver enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles.[3][4] During his career he reached 10 doubles finals, achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 98 in October 1973, and a career-high doubles ranking of 104 in January 1983. He was a French Open doubles semi-finalist in 1982.[5] For over 20 years (1976 to 1997), Feaver held the record for serving the most aces in a single Wimbledon match, 42, achieved against John Newcombe.[6] He also represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup between 1977 and 1983.[7] He also achieved the remarkable distinction of beating five-times Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg twice in a week at the Beckenham grass court tournament in the mid-1970s. John has enjoyed a successful career in sport and business after his tennis days and lives between Wimbledon and Somerset.[8][9]

Personal life

He married South African Alison Braatvedt and has two children Lucinda and James, who is also a tennis player. John is an accomplished golfer and cricketer and works closely with sports charities StreetGames and Performance Plus Sport.[10]

Grand Prix and WCT finals

Doubles (1 win, 9 losses)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet	Byron Bertram	Fred McNair Grover Raz Reid	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	1975	Istanbul, Turkey	Carpet	Colin Dowdeswell	Colin Dibley Thomaz Koch	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	1976	London, England	Carpet	John James	David Lloyd John Lloyd	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	0–4	1977	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	John James	Mark Cox Buster Mottram	5–7, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5	1979	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Ismail El Shafei	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	5–7, 6–7
Loss	0–6	1979	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Robin Drysdale	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–7, 4–6
Loss	0–7	1980	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Peter McNamara	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–7	1980	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Gilles Moretton	Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–8	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Jiří Hřebec	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	1–9	1981	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Steve Krulevitz	Steve Meister Van Winitsky	6–3, 3–6, 3–6

References

External links

• John Feaver at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• John Feaver at the International Tennis Federation

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