Ernie Parker

Ernest Frederick Parker was an Australian tennis player and cricketer, born on 5 November 1883 in Perth and educated at Perth High School and St Peter's College in Adelaide before joining his father's law firm. In tennis he is best remembered for winning the 1913 Australasian Championships men's singles title, the tournament now known as the Australian Open, and he also won its doubles in 1909 and 1913. He took the Western Australian Championships six times between 1903 and 1912 and was noted for exceptional net play, though his serve was a weakness. In cricket he played for East Perth and represented Western Australia in first-class matches between 1905 and 1910, scoring the state's first first-class century. He died on 2 May 1918.