Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Brian Fairlie, born 13 June 1948 in Christchurch, is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. During his career from 1968 to 1979 he won four titles in doubles, all with the Egyptian player Ismail El Shafei, and two singles titles. He also was the 1967 junior boys champion of the Australian Championships. The 5' 8" player's best Grand Slam result was reaching the men's doubles semifinal of the French Open in 1971 with partner Frew McMillan. A year earlier, he reached the singles quarterfinals of the U.S. Open before losing to Tony Roche. In September 1973 he achieved his highest career ATP ranking of 24th. In 1969, his first full year on the circuit, he upset former Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion John Newcombe in the quarterfinals of the Heineken Open in Auckland. It was the year "Auckland Tennis went 'open'," attracting star players such as Newcombe and his countryman, top-ranked Rod Laver