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The park seat commemorates Australian tennis player, Mal Anderson.
Mal Anderson was honoured with a park bench after a long and successful tennis career, which included an unseeded USA Grand Slam win. He was part of the only all Queensland mixed pair Grand Slam win, with Fay Muller, at the Australian Championship. He was a Davis Cup player and part of the winning team 1957 and 1973.
He coached around Queensland and also operated a tennis complex at the Grange where he trained thousands of local children.
Location
| Address: | Park & Tennis Avenues, Ashgrove, 4060 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.441753 Long: 153.001836 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Seat |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Sport |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Thursday 14th December, 2017 |
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This seat is dedicated in honour of
tennis great and Grand Slam winner Mal Anderson MBE.
Along with a highly successful playing career in the
1950s, 60s and 70s, Mal Anderson was instrumental in
the development of the game through coaching of
thousands of juniors.
