Dale Collings

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]