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Noel Phillips (tennis)

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Noel Phillips
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1950-03-28) 28 March 1950 (age 74)
Singles
Career record7–17
Highest rankingNo. 201 (12 July 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1977(Dec))
Wimbledon1R (1979)
Doubles
Career record4–17
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1978)
Wimbledon1R (1979)

Noel Phillips (born 28 March 1950) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

A native of Sydney, Phillips played four years of collegiate tennis for Austin Peay State University in Tennessee.[1] He was named OVC Player of the Year in both 1973 and 1974.[2] After college he competed professionally and made the second round of the 1977 Australian Open, with a win over Bob Carmichael. He defeated Phil Dent en route to the round of 16 at the 1978 New South Wales Open and was a quarter-finalist at Sarasota in 1979.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Tennis Greatest Govs - Noel Phillips". Austin Peay State University Athletics.
  2. ^ "More Demands Made". The Leaf-Chronicle. 21 May 1974.
  3. ^ "Vilas in, Clerc, Roche and Dent out". The Canberra Times. 21 December 1978. p. 32 – via National Library of Australia.
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