Pat Cash

Pat Cash is an Australian-born professional tennis player born in 1965 in Melbourne. He began playing tennis at nine years old and became Australia's best junior player by age 14. He reached major tournament finals in the early 1980s, including the 1984 US Open and Wimbledon semi-finals. In 1987, he won the Wimbledon Championships in straight sets, becoming the first Australian to win the title since John Newcombe in 1971. He reached a career-high world ranking of 4th in 1988 and continued playing professionally until the late 1990s. He retired from the circuit at age 34.