{"id":16227,"date":"2021-02-01T10:04:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T02:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=16227"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T03:40:31","slug":"wa-tennis-legend-clive-wilderspin-awarded-order-of-australia-for-service-to-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/wa-tennis-legend-clive-wilderspin-awarded-order-of-australia-for-service-to-tennis","title":{"rendered":"WA tennis legend Clive Wilderspin awarded Order of Australia for service to tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WA tennis legend, <strong>Clive Wilderspin<\/strong>, has been further recognised&nbsp; for his service to the tennis, awarded the <strong>Medal of the Order of Australia<\/strong> at this year\u2019s Australia Day Honours.<\/p>\n<p>The Medal of the Order (OAM) award follows Wilderspin\u2019s inaugural induction into the Tennis West Hall of Champions (2019) and 1988 induction into the Western Australian Hall of Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked as WA\u2019s No. 1 Men\u2019s Singles player for an impressive thirteen years running (1946 \u2013 1959), Wilderspin took a two-year hiatus before regaining WA\u2019s leading title from 1961 \u2013 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis began for Wilderspin whilst at Wesley College with influence from renowned coach, Herbert Edwards who also played coach to WA\u2019s Arthur Marshall and Bruce Robinson. Wilderspin\u2019s most notable achievements include impressing tennis legend, Harry Hopman after finishing fourth in the Linton Cup aged 16, 9 wins in the state Men\u2019s and Mixed Doubles from 1950 to 1961, finalist achievements in Australian Championships in Double and Men\u2019s Singles events.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally in 1953, he was a runner up in the French Championships with Mervyn Rose in Men\u2019s Doubles, the Dutch National Championships Men\u2019s Doubles winner with Lew Hoad and travelled with the Australian touring team to compete in all four Grand Slam tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Praised for his longstanding sportsmanship, determination and athleticism, Wilderspin continued to play throughout his senior years, continuing to win competitions and receive notable awards both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>Serving as the Tennis West Vice President for a number of years, Wilderspin is recognised as a Life Member of both Tennis West and Tennis Seniors WA. Further recognition of Wilderspin\u2019s legacy is observed with the naming of courts in his honour at Royal Kings Park Tennis Club (2008) and Reabold Tennis Club (2010).<\/p>\n<p>Noting a lifetime contribution to the history of Tennis in which spans some 76 years, Tennis West congratulates Mr. Wilderspin on a well-deserved Order of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The OAM is awarded to Australians who have displayed an outstanding achievement and\/or service. Members of the community are nominated by their peers for their dedication and service. Recipients are celebrated as a symbol of what it is to be Australian with the purpose to inspire others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WA tennis legend, Clive Wilderspin, has been further recognised&nbsp; for his service to the tennis, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia at this year\u2019s Australia Day Honours. The Medal of the Order (OAM) award follows Wilderspin\u2019s inaugural induction into the Tennis West Hall of Champions (2019) and 1988 induction into the Western Australian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6203,"featured_media":16229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}