Dale Collings

Dale Collings

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1955-12-16) 16 December 1955 (age 69) Southport, Queensland, Australia
Died	5 September 2023(2023-09-05) (aged 67) Southport, Queensland, Australia
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	23–42
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 101 (26 Dec 1979)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1978, 1982)
Wimbledon	2R (1976)
US Open	1R (1978)
Doubles
Career record	26–42
Career titles	0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1980, 1981, 1982)
Wimbledon	3R (1978)
US Open	1R (1978)

Dale Collings (born 16 December 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Career

Collings, who was known for his fast serves, won the Wimbledon Plate in 1978.^[1] He twice made the third round of the Australian Open, in 1978 and 1982.^[2] The Australian also reached the third round of the men's doubles at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships (with Keith Hancock) and mixed doubles at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships (with Karen Gulley).^[3]

He was a quarter-finalist at the Sydney Indoor tournament in 1979, beating Ken Rosewall and Geoff Masters along the way.^[2] He made another quarter-final in Adelaide that year and reached the semi-finals at Brisbane in 1980.^[2]

With partner Dick Crealy, Collings was a doubles runner-up at the Perth Grand Prix event in 1980.^[2] He made doubles semi-finals at Auckland in 1977, Cleveland in 1979, Adelaide in 1979, the Sydney Outdoor in 1979 and again at Auckland in 1980.^[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1980	Perth, Australia	Grass	Dick Crealy	Syd Ball Cliff Letcher	3–6, 4–6

References

1. Sydney Morning Herald, "Billie-Jean loses out on record", 11 July 1978, pg. 1
2. ATP World Tour Profile
3. ITF Pro Circuit Profile