What is Ashley Cooper?
[[File:Ashley Cooper 1958.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ashley John Cooper''' [[Order of Australia|AO]] (15 September 1936 – 22 May 2020) was an Australian [[tennis]] player. He was born in [[Melbourne]]. He played from 1953 until 1968. He was seen as the world's best amateur player during the years of 1957 and 1958. Cooper won four singles and four doubles titles at [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments. He won three of the four Grand Slam events in 1958. Cooper died on 22 May 2020 at the age of 83 after a long illness in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Great Cooper Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/22/sports/tennis/22reuters-tennis-australia-cooper.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=4-time Grand Slam singles champion Ashley Cooper dies at 83 |url=https://apnews.com/2706cea637539bd2c851a25e8929a85c |website=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://7news.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-tennis-great-ashley-cooper-dies-c-1054091 | title=Australian tennis great Ashley Cooper dies |website=[[Seven News|7 News]] | date=22 May 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Ashley}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Australian tennis players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne]] {{sports-bio-stub}}