Career
He was ranked the World Number. 1 amateur player for 1957 and 1958 by Lance Tingay. The right-handed Cooper was the top ranked player in both 1957—when he was a Wimbledon and Forest Hills finalist, and Paris semi-finalist—and in 1958.
Upon retiring as a player, Cooper has served as a tennis player development administrator with Tennis Queensland, where he has been based for nearly fifty years.
He presently also sits on the Board of Directors for Tennis Australia. Cooper was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.
In 2009 Cooper was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. Singles: (4 titles – 2 runners-up)
Doubles: (4 titles – 3 runners-up).