Jack Clemenger

{{Short description|Australian tennis player}}

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|fullname = John Clemenger

|image = TT3265 John Clemenger.png

|caption = 1930 caricature by Reynolds

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1899|1|3}}

|birth_place = Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1964|2|8|1899|1|3}} {{cite web|title=John Clemenger|url=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&gss=sfs28_ms_f-34&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=john&gsfn_x=1&gsln=clemenger&gsln_x=1&msbdy=1899&msbdy_x=1&msddy=1964&msddy_x=1&cpxt=1&cp=2&MSAV=1&uidh=000|website=Ancestry}}

|death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

|turnedpro = 1919 (amateur tour)

|retired = 1940

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|AustralianOpenresult = QF (1922, 1930)

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|Wimbledonresult = 3R (1932)

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|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1930, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939)

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|WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1932)

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Jack Clemenger (1899–1964) was an Australian tennis player. He began his career in New South Wales and then moved to Victoria. In business (which took up a lot of his time) he rose to the rank of general sales manager at Allied motors in Australia. While studying at Sydney University, Clemenger played baseball, billiards, cricket and rugby, but it was at tennis he most excelled. He had a good all round game and was better at doubles than singles.{{cite web| title=Prominent personalities: John Clemenger, The Well-known Tennis Player|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146707036|date=11 December 1930 | work=Table Talk | location=Melbourne | page=17 | accessdate=4 April 2018 }} Clemenger made his debut at the 1919 Australasian championships and lost in round three to James Anderson.{{cite web|title=Australasian Open 1919|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201919.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf}} At the 1922 championships, Clemenger lost in the quarter-finals to Norman Peach.{{cite web|title=Australian Open 1922|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201922.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf}} In 1924 he lost in round one to Garton Hone. In 1930 he lost in the quarter-finals to Harry Hopman.{{cite web|title=Australian Open 1930|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201930.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf|access-date=26 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914215846/http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201930.htm|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=dead}} At Wimbledon in 1932, Clemenger lost in five sets in round three to Paul Féret. At the 1933 Australian championships, Clemenger lost in round two to Keith Gledhill. At the 1935 Australian championships, Clemenger beat Jacques Brugnon before losing to Giorgio de Stefani in round three.{{cite web|title=Australian Open 1935|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201935.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf}} In 1939 he lost in round one to Colin Long. Clemenger was an Australian Davis Cup captain and selector. He started Clemenger Advertising (one of the top advertising agencies in Australia) in 1946 and was awarded the OBE.{{cite web|title='For a long time our main aim was survival'. Clemenger: 70 and not out|url=http://www.adnews.com.au/news/for-a-long-time-our-main-aim-was-survival-clemenger-70-and-not-out|website=www.adnews.com.au}}