{"id":20933,"date":"2025-05-14T09:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=20933"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:41:12","slug":"whitely-and-kilderry-inducted-into-tennis-west-hall-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2025\/05\/14\/whitely-and-kilderry-inducted-into-tennis-west-hall-of-champions","title":{"rendered":"Whitely and Kilderry Inducted into Tennis West Hall of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two West Australians in Paul Kilderry and Dorothy \u2018Dos\u2019 Whitely was inducted into the Tennis West Hall of Champions on Friday at the 2025 Tennis West Awards Night at Optus Stadium.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tennis West Awards Night is Tennis West\u2019s prestigious event that celebrated and recognised the outstanding achievements of our state\u2019s junior and senior players, clubs, coaches, schools, volunteers, officials and administrators of our sport.<\/p>\n

The Hall of Champions induction was presented by Chair of the Tennis West Hall of Champions Committee, Pam Brand.<\/p>\n

Dorothy Whitely or better known as \u2018Dos\u2019 to family and friends, was a highly talented player from Alexander Park Tennis Club. Dos was Western Australia\u2019s number one ranked junior and senior player during the 1950s and 1960s winning multiple state titles in both singles and doubles.<\/p>\n

Dos was the inaugural winner of the Champion of Champions event in 1964 and won the event again in 1968. Dos also represented WA in the Junior Wilson Cup team and as a senior in the Australian Championships between the years of 1958 and 1968.<\/p>\n

Dos made the singles main draw of the Australian Open on six occasions with a career best result of making it to the round of 16. In the doubles, her best result came in 1962 and 1964 when she made the quarter finals.<\/p>\n

Dos Whitely was represented by daughters Kristy Stedman and Misha Lee-Cooper.<\/p>\n

Paul Kilderry was also inducted into the Hall of Champions. Paul\u2019s tennis career started well with a high of number five in the world in the junior ITF Junior singles rankings.<\/p>\n

Paul made the singles main draw of the Australian Open in 1994, 1995 and 1996, Wimbledon in 1993 and 2000 and the US Open in 1994. His highest World Singles ranking was 138 achieved in 1995. Paul played doubles in all the Grand Slams as well as winning three ATP Tour doubles titles over his professional career from 1992 \u2013 2001.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Paul was deputy tournament director before he was appointed tournament director in 2013, a position he held until 2019. In 2023, Tennis Australia appointed Paul as the Director of Professional Development where he remains today.<\/p>\n

The night, returned to Optus Stadium and attracted over 350 guests, who were treated to drinks on the Champions Terrace before heading into the Riverview Room for a sit down three course meal and awards presentation.<\/p>\n

Anthea McGrath was also inducted as a life member where fellow life member Ray Collins presented Anthea with a life membership pin.<\/p>\n

Matthew Ebden took out the top honours, winning the Pro Player of The Year Award for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Ebden had another incredible season off the back of his 2024 Australian Open Men\u2019s Doubles win. Ebden made the semi finals of the 2024 French Open Men\u2019s Doubles, won the Miami Open Men\u2019s Doubles title and made the Quarter finals of the Paris Masters. Ebden also represented Australia in the Davis Cup and United Cup.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the year was the 2024 Paris Olympics where Matt Ebden teamed up with doubles partner John Peers and won the Men\u2019s Doubles Gold Medal in three sets. The win was Australia\u2019s first tennis gold medal since 1996.<\/p>\n

Tennis Australia recognised the Matt\u2019s on-court achievements by awarding Matt the 2024 Newcombe Medal alongside Alex De Minaur, his first Newcombe Medal.<\/p>\n

All photos from the Tennis West Awards Night can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0(Credit Ingofoto if using on social media)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Full List of 2024\/25 Award Winners:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Perth Audio Visual Coaching Excellence \u2013 Development\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philipp Lamprecht (Europe Tennis Academy)<\/p>\n

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Perth Audio Visual Coaching Excellence \u2013 Performance\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brad Dyer (Next Step Tennis Academy)<\/p>\n

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Arthur Marshall Coaching Excellence\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Megan Henry (Dumbleyung Tennis Club)<\/p>\n

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KC Australia Volunteer Achievement Award\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samantha Vallet (Ocean Ridge Tennis Club)<\/p>\n

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Sportrophy Outstanding Club \u2013 Large\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hensman Park Tennis Club<\/p>\n

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Sportrophy Outstanding Club \u2013 Small\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ocean Ridge Tennis Club<\/p>\n

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Excellence in Officiating\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rosario Corvaia<\/p>\n

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Dawn Hay Medal\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill Sheridan<\/p>\n

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Healthway Outstanding Competitive Play Event\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Busselton Tennis Club March Open Tournament<\/p>\n

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Kinetic Outstanding School\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Applecross Senior High School<\/p>\n

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Outstanding Inclusion Initiative\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Femme Friday (Loton Park Tennis Club)<\/p>\n

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30+ Tennis Senior\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Moss<\/p>\n

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Current Electrical \u2013 Service to Tennis\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michelle Gethin (Merredin Tennis Club)<\/p>\n

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Karen Bucens Award\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karin Hiramatsu<\/p>\n

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Kent Yamazaki Award\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sehun Park<\/p>\n

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KC Australia Junior Tennis Star \u2013 Male\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jake Dembo<\/p>\n

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KC Australia Junior Tennis Star \u2013 Female\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice Stevens<\/p>\n

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State League Male MVP\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will Hann<\/p>\n

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State League Female MVP\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice Stevens<\/p>\n

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Hall of Champion\u00a0Inductee\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy \u2018Dos\u2019 Whitely<\/p>\n

Paul Kilderry<\/p>\n

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Pro Player of the Year\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew Ebden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two West Australians in Paul Kilderry and Dorothy \u2018Dos\u2019 Whitely was inducted into the Tennis West Hall of Champions on Friday at the 2025 Tennis West Awards Night at Optus Stadium.\u00a0 The Tennis West Awards Night is Tennis West\u2019s prestigious event that celebrated and recognised the outstanding achievements of our state\u2019s junior and senior players, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6359,"featured_media":20939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20933","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\/20933","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\/6359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}