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Harry Hopman (Henry Christian Hopman) was born on 12 August, 1906 in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian tennis player (1906–1985). Discover Harry Hopman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Henry Christian Hopman
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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 12 August 1906
Birthday 12 August
Birthplace Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 27 December, 1985
Died Place Seminole, Florida, USA
Nationality Australia

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Harry Hopman Height, Weight & Measurements

At 79 years old, Harry Hopman height is 1.70m .

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Harry Hopman Net Worth

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1906

Henry Christian Hopman CBE (12 August 1906 – 27 December 1985) was an Australian tennis player and coach.

Harry Hopman was born on 12 August 1906 in Glebe, Sydney as the third child of John Henry Hopman, a schoolteacher, and Jennie Siberteen, née Glad.

His family then moved to Parramatta.

Hopman started playing tennis at the age of 13 and, playing barefoot, won an open singles tournament on a court in the playground of Rosehill Public School where his father was headmaster.

He was later a student at Parramatta High School where he played tennis and cricket.

1933

Hopman was also a journalist, joining the Melbourne Herald in 1933 as a sportswriter.

He provided sporting commentary.

After World War II, this became his focus until he was once again coaxed into tennis coaching.

As an example of Hopman's journalism, Kramer writes that Sedgman, by then a successful touring professional, once "volunteered to help train the Aussie Davis Cup team. Hopman accepted the offer, and then he took Sedg aside and told him that what Hoad and Rosewall needed was confidence. So he told Sedg to go easy on them, which he gladly did. After a few days, Hopman wrote an exclusive in his newspaper column revealing how his kids could whip Sedgman and how this proved once again that amateurs were better than the pros."

The Hopman Cup was named in his honour.

1934

The marriage took place on 19 March 1934 at St Philip's Anglican Church in Sydney.

1939

Hopman was the successful captain-coach of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams from 1939 to 1967.

1951

In late 1951, when it appeared that Davis Cup player Frank Sedgman was about to turn professional, Hopman used his column in the Melbourne Herald to lead a fundraising campaign designed to keep Sedgman in the amateur ranks.

Enough money was raised to purchase a gasoline station in the name of Sedgman's wife-to-be and Sedgman remained an amateur for one more year.

As Joe McCauley writes in The History of Professional Tennis, "For some reason, the pious Hopman, a strong opponent of the paid game, did not regard this as an infringement of Sedgman's amateur status."

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1951 New Year Honours for services to sport, and promoted to Commander of the Order (CBE) in the 1956 New Year Honours, again for services to sport (particularly tennis).

1968

She died of an intracranial tumour on 10 January 1968.

1969

Hopman emigrated to the United States in 1969 and became a successful professional coach, at Port Washington Tennis Academy, of future champions such as Vitas Gerulaitis and later John McEnroe.

1971

Hopman later opened the Harry Hopman's International Tennis camp in Treasure Island then Largo, Florida, with his second wife, Lucy Pope Fox, whom he married on 2 February 1971.

1978

Hopman was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1978.

1979

Tennis great Jack Kramer, who was also a successful promoter of the professional tour, writes in his 1979 autobiography that Hopman "always knew exactly what was going on with all his amateurs. He had no children, no hobbies, and tennis was everything to him. Hopman always said he hated the pros, and he battled open tennis to the bitter end, but as early as the time when Sedgman and McGregor signed, Hopman was trying to get himself included in the deal so he could get a job with pro tennis in America."

Kramer, who admits that Hopman "has never been my favorite guy", goes on to say: "The minute one of his stars would turn pro, Hopman would turn on him. No matter how close he'd been to a player, as soon as he was out of Hopman's control, the guy was an outcast. 'It was as if we'd never existed' Rosewall said once."

Hopman was first married to Nell Hall, with whom he won four mixed doubles finals.

1985

Hopman died of a heart attack on 27 December 1985.

2018

Until her death in mid-2018, his widow Lucy Hopman travelled to Perth, Western Australia each year for the tournament.