Roger Taylor (tennis) 695190 221479453 2008-06-24T18:04:02Z Trident13 1295607 /* References */ [[Category:English tennis players]] '''Roger Taylor''' is a British tennis player (born [[14 October]] [[1941]], in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]) . He won six singles titles and eight doubles titles during his career.<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/playerprofiles/titles.asp?playernumber=T050 ATP Player Profile: Roger Taylor]</ref> He was relatively successful at several [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments, reaching the quarter final of the [[French Open]] in [[1973]] and the semi final of [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] during the same year and winning back to back US Open men's doubles titles in 1971 & 1972. He also enjoyed particular success in [[1970]], again reaching the semi final of Wimbledon, defeating defending champion Rod Laver en route, and the semi final of the [[Australian Open]]. Taylor also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1967. However, apart from those three years, he never progressed beyond the 4th round of the grand slam, and even then only ever reaching the 4th round at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] in [[1969]] and [[1971]]. Other than his three semi final appearances at Wimbledon, he never progressed beyond the 2nd round. Taylor was the sole British member of the so-called [[Handsome Eight]] (he was noted particularly for his massive eyebrows) signed by [[Lamar Hunt]] to compete in his newly-created [[World Championship Tennis]] tour in [[1968]]. He retired from professional tennis in [[1980]], later becoming captain of the British [[Davis Cup]] team. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Roger}} [[Category:English tennis players]] [[Category:People from Sheffield]] [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{UK-tennis-bio-stub}} [[fr:Roger Taylor (tennis)]] [[pl:Roger Taylor (tenisista)]] [[sv:Roger Taylor (tennisspelare)]]