John Hawkes

John Bailey Hawkes, known as Jack, was an Australian tennis player from Geelong, Victoria, born on 7 June 1899 and died there on 31 March 1990. He won the singles title at the 1926 Australasian Championships and was ranked world number ten in 1928. The left-hander made a clean sweep in 1926, taking the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles in one year, and in 1927 he held five championship points against his doubles partner Gerald Patterson in a marathon final before losing in five sets. He won three Australian doubles titles with Patterson, three Australian mixed doubles titles and two United States mixed doubles titles. He played Davis Cup for Australia in 1921, 1923 and 1925 and was left out in 1926. After retiring he worked in tennis administration and ran the family business Hawkes Brothers.