Fraser also won an additional 16 Grand Slam doubles titles. Eleven came in men’s doubles: three apiece at the Australian (1957-’58, ’62), Roland Garros (1958, ’60, ’62) and U.S. Nationals (1957, ’59, ’60) and two at Wimbledon (1959, ’61). Five were earned in mixed doubles: three at the U.S. Nationals (1958-’60) and one at both Wimbledon (1962) and the Australian (1956).
Fraser’s U.S. Nationals runs in 1959 and ’60 make him the last man in tennis history to have earned all three titles at a single major in the same year.
But all of Fraser’s personal triumphs took a back seat to national pride and Australia’s ceaseless pursuit of victory in the Davis Cup. Fraser was a vital member of the Australian cadre that traveled the world, practiced hard by morning, competed harder by day, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves by night. Speaking of such mates as Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson and others, Fraser said in Laver’s book, “I learned from them, they were like my brothers.”
Fraser played on four Australian Davis Cup championship teams (1959-’62), compiling a match record of 18-3 (11-1 in singles, 7-2 in doubles).
