and defeated Sedgman in the semifinal, but lost the final to Hoad. He finished third on the 1959 World Championship 4-man tour, behind Gonzales and Hoad. Cooper was 18–9 against Mal Anderson on the 4-man tour. In the fall of 1959, he won the Slazenger Professional tournament at Eastbourne, England on grass, defeating Trabert in the semifinal and Hoad in the final in best-of-five set matches. Cooper won a professional tour of Europe in 1960, the Grand Prix de Europe series. Cooper finished in first place ahead of (2) Gimeno (3) Segura (4) Anderson (5) Olmedo. Cooper won the European Cup professional tour of Europe in 1962, with Gimeno again finishing in second place. Cooper experienced severe nerve damage in his right arm and was forced to retire at the end of 1962. After retiring as a player, Cooper went on to serve as a tennis player development administrator with Tennis Queensland, where he was based for nearly fifty years. He also sat on the board of directors for Tennis Australia. Honours Cooper was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. In the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2007, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his service to tennis. In 2009 Cooper was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. Grand Slam finals Source: Singles: (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Doubles: (4 titles, 3 runners-up) Grand Slam tournament performance timeline Source: Singles Personal life Cooper married Helen Wood, Miss Australia 1957, on 2 January 1959. An estimated crowd of five thousand unruly people surrounded St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Brisbane to try to catch a glimpse of the couple. Cooper died on 22 May 2020 at the age of 83 following a long illness. Notes References Sources External links 1936 births 2020 deaths Australian Championships (tennis) champions Australian male tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Officers of the Order of Australia International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Tennis players from Melbourne United States National champions (tennis) Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Cooper Queensland Greats World number 1 ranked male tennis players