Fred Stolle was the finest tennis player to emerge from the Hornsby area. Perhaps he became our best known local sportsman.
The longtime Manly apartment of the late tennis legend Fred Stolle has been sold by his executors.
No sale price disclosure yet, but more than $4m is likely for the three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment.
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The longtime Manly apartment of Aussie tennis legend Frederick Stolle has been sold. Picture: realestate.com.au
The ninth-floor Allegra apartment was listed through Sean King and Angus White of Whitehouse Real Estate, taking 44 days to find its buyers.
Facing east with views across Manly Beach and the Pacific Ocean, the Raglan St offering had 175sq m on title including two parking spaces plus storage.
The apartment cost $1.15m in 2001, with Cotality indicating it had been leased periodically since 2015.
The tennis great and international commentator was a US and French Open singles champion, a multiple Wimbledon and Australian Open runner-up, and a doubles champion in all Grand Slam events during Australian tennis’s greatest era starting in the 1960s
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. The Hornsby-born Stolle died in March last year at Palm Desert, California, having moved with his wife, Pat, and his young family to America shortly after turning professional in 1966.
Stolle’s son, Sandon, retains peninsular property.
He recently listed a two-bedroom, one-bathroom Freshwater apartment at $1225 per week through Whitehouse.
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