{{Short description|British tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Gerry Oakley | image = | fullname = Gerald Oakley | country_represented = {{flagcountry|GBR}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|07|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Purley, Surrey, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 3 in | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1949, 1954) | Wimbledonresult = 3R (1951, 1957, 1959) | USOpenresult = 3R (1952) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1963) | FrenchOpenMixedresult = F (1949) | WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1952) }} '''Gerald Oakley''' (born 25 July 1933) is a British former tennis player.

Born in Purley, Surrey, Oakley was a tall bespectacled player, active on tour from the 1940s to 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229231205 |title=Sport--and those who make it |newspaper=The Sun |issue=12,417 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 November 1949 |page=22 (Late Final Extra) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Oakley, a mixed doubles finalist at the 1949 French Championships, represented the Great Britain Davis Cup team in 1953 and 1953. He won both of his singles rubbers, including a five-set match against Wimbledon champion Bob Falkenburg of Brazil.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245562564 |title=Britain wins Cup round |newspaper=The Herald |issue=24016 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 May 1954 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Grand Slam finals== ===Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !Championship !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#ebc2af;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||1949||French Championships||Clay||{{flagicon|GBR}} Jean Quertier||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Sheila Piercey Summers <br /> {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Eric Sturgess|| 1–6, 1–6 |}

==See also== *List of Great Britain Davis Cup team representatives

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{Davis Cup player}}

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