comfortably retained Bennelong, albeit suffering a 2.8% swing away from him. In November 2021, Alexander opted to not contest the next election, deciding to retire from politics. Shortly following his announcement, Alexander spoke with Paul Bongiorno of The Saturday Paper, reflecting on his experiences and time in office. Alexander criticised Prime Minister Scott Morrison, claiming that "people are tired of the way we engage with each other. All we do is bash each other." Bongiorno's opinion piece later writes that Alexander 'reserves his biggest salvos for the leadership of the Coalition government: Scott Morrison, Josh Frydenberg and Barnaby Joyce', and feels that 'if Labor’s Anthony Albanese wins the election, policies more fit to serve the national interest rather than narrow sectional interest might be served'. This insight was deemed to be damaging for the Coalition, with Bennelong named as a 'key seat' for the upcoming election by ABC election analyst Antony Green. Bennelong had only been won by Labor once in nearly 80 years, and was gained for them again by Jerome Laxale at the 2022 election. Tennis career finals Singles: 27 (7 titles, 20 runner-ups) Doubles: 53 (28 titles, 25 runner-ups) Grand Slam singles performance timeline Personal Alexander was briefly married, while in the United States, to a Canadian model and later married to Rosemary Brown, a former Olympic swimmer, for almost ten years. He and the former Ms. Brown have three children: Emily (1990), Georgia (1991) and Charles (1994). Alexander no longer lives in his electorate, but continued to rent an apartment in Epping. Honours On 26 January 1992, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. On 30 August 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal. References External links 1951 births Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Australian sportsperson-politicians Australian television presenters Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Living people Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bennelong Politicians from Sydney Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sportsmen from New South Wales Tennis players from Sydney Australian tennis commentators Wimbledon junior champions 21st-century Australian politicians Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles