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{{short description|Australian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Alf Hedemann
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|fullname = Alfred Hugo Hedemann
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|country = {{AUS}}
|birth_date = 1880<ref name="ancestry">{{cite web|title=Alfred Hugo Hedemann|url=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&gss=sfs28_ms_f-34&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=alfred%20hugo&gsfn_x=1&gsln=hedemann&gsln_x=1&msbdy=1880&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&cp=2&MSAV=1&uidh=000|website=www.ancestry.co.uk}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[New South Wales]], Australia
|death_date = After 1953<ref name="trove">{{cite web|title=18 Apr 1953 - Family Notices|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2879969|website=Trove}}</ref>
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|AustralianOpenresult  = F ([[1921 Australasian Championships – Men's singles|1921]])
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'''Alfred Hedemann''' was an Australian [[tennis]] player. He won the doubles title alongside [[Ernie Parker]] at the [[Australian Open|Australasian Championships]], the future [[Australian Open]], in [[1913 Australasian Championships (tennis)|1913]]. In the [[1921 Australasian Championships (tennis)|1921 Australasian championships]], held at Perth, Hedemann beat [[Keith McDougall]] in the semi-finals before losing to [[Rhys Gemmell|Rice Gemmell]] in the final.<ref name="tennis">{{cite web|title=Australasian Open 1921|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201921.htm|website=Grand Slam Tennis Archive|access-date=2 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908020710/http://www.tennis.co.nf/AUSTRALIAN%20OPEN%201921.htm|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hedemann worked for the [[Bank of Australasia]]. He moved to Tasmania to be manager of the Launceston branch in 1933 and retired in 1940.<ref name="trove2">{{cite web|title=22 Oct 1940 - Memorable Career|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25829779|website=Trove}}</ref> Hedemann had been a fine cricketer and lacrosse player.<ref name="trove2"/>
==Grand Slam finals ==
===Singles (1)===
====Runner-up (1)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Championship
!width="80"|Surface
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| [[1921 Australasian Championships (tennis)|1921]] || [[Australian Open|Australasian Championships]] || Grass ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rhys Gemmell|Rice Gemmell]] || 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
|}
===Doubles (1)===
====Winner (1)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="50"| Year
!width="200"| Championship
!width="80"| Surface
!width="200"| Partner
!width="200"| Opponents in the final
!width="200"| Score in the final
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| [[1913 Australasian Championships (tennis)|1913]] || [[Australian Open|Australasian Championships]] || Grass ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ernie Parker]] || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Harry Parker (tennis)|Harry Parker]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Roy Taylor (tennis)|Roy Taylor]] || 8–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
|}
==References==
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{{Australian Championships men's doubles champions}}
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[[Category:Australasian Championships (tennis) champions]]
[[Category:Australian male tennis players]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:1880 births]]
[[Category:Tennis players from New South Wales]]
[[Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles]]
[[Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales]]
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