Full name | Robert Neville Howe |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 3 August 1925
Died | 30 November 2004 Santa Ana, California, US | (aged 79)
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1968 (amateur from 1949) |
Retired | 1971 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 500-369 |
Career titles | 29 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1958, 1963) |
French Open | 3R (1957) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1956, 1962, 1965) |
US Open | 4R (1957) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 208–94 |
Career titles | 18 |
Highest ranking | No. 12 (30 August 1977) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1959) |
French Open | F (1958, 1961) |
Wimbledon | SF (1956, 1957) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1958) |
French Open | W (1960, 1962) |
Wimbledon | W (1958) |
Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004)[2] was an Australian tennis player. Although he won 29 singles titles, his main successes were achieved in the doubles competition. He won four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, including the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.[3]
Career
[edit]In singles play, Howe won the 1954 London Hard Court Championships on clay at The Hurlingham Club defeating Gordon Forbes in the final.
He won the ILTF Surrey Hard Court Championships on clay in 1956 and 1962.
In 1963 he won the Nottingham Open on grass defeating Pierre Barthès in the semifinal and Tony Pickard in the final.
Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles (3 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1958 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–8, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1959 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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7–9, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1961 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 4–6 |
Mixed doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1956 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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9–11, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 1958 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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6–8, 2–6 |
Win | 1958 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 13–11 |
Win | 1960 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Lost | 1960 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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11–13, 6–3, 6–8 |
Loss | 1961 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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9–11, 2–6 |
Win | 1962 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Sutton Tennis & Squash Club
- ^ Tennis Archives biography
- ^ "History – Rolls of Honour – Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2008". wimbledon.org. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
External links
[edit]- Robert Howe at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Robert Howe at the International Tennis Federation