Gerry Oakley | |
Fullname: | Gerald Oakley |
Country Represented: | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1933 |
Birth Place: | Purley, Surrey, England |
Height: | 6 ft 3 in |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1949, 1954) |
Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1951, 1957, 1959) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1952) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1963) |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | F (1949) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | QF (1952) |
Gerald Oakley (born 25 July 1933) is a British former tennis player.
Born in Purley, Surrey, Oakley was a tall bespectacled player, active on tour from the 1940s to 1960s.[1]
Oakley, a mixed doubles finalist at the 1949 French Championships, represented the Great Britain Davis Cup team in 1953 and 1953. He won both of his singles rubbers, including a five-set match against Wimbledon champion Bob Falkenburg of Brazil.[2]