Dale Collings | |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1955 |
Birth Place: | Southport, Queensland, Australia |
Death Place: | Southport, Queensland, Australia |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 23–42 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 101 (26 Dec 1979) |
Australianopenresult: | 3R (1978, 1982) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1976) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (1978) |
Doublesrecord: | 26–42 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1980, 1981, 1982) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1978) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (1978) |
Dale Collings (born 16 December 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Collings, who was known for his fast serves, won the Wimbledon Plate in 1978.[1] He twice made the third round of the Australian Open, in 1978 and 1982.[2] The Australian also reached the third round of the men's doubles at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships (with Keith Hancock) and mixed doubles at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships (with Karen Gulley).[3]
He was a quarter-finalist at the Sydney Indoor tournament in 1979, beating Ken Rosewall and Geoff Masters along the way.[2] He made another quarter-final in Adelaide that year and reached the semi-finals at Brisbane in 1980.[2]
With partner Dick Crealy, Collings was a doubles runner-up at the Perth Grand Prix event in 1980.[2] He made doubles semi-finals at Auckland in 1977, Cleveland in 1979, Adelaide in 1979, the Sydney Outdoor in 1979 and again at Auckland in 1980.[2]