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Australia’s Davis Cup icon Fraser dies at 91

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He won three Grand Slam singles titles during the country’s golden era of tennis.

MELBOURNE: Australia’s long-serving Davis Cup captain Neale Fraser, who won three Grand Slam singles titles during the country’s golden era of tennis in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at 91.

A contemporary of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad and Roy Emerson, Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and back-to-back US national titles in 1959-60 along with 16 Grand Slam championships in men’s and mixed doubles.

A member of four victorious Davis Cup teams from 1959-62 under the charge of Harry Hopman, Fraser would go on to become captain of the team in 1970, holding the position for a record 24 years.

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