Dale Collings Explained

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.

Career

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]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. Sydney Morning Herald, "Billie-Jean loses out on record", 11 July 1978, pg. 1
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Co/D/Dale-H-Collings.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  3. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10002259 ITF Pro Circuit Profile