Robert Howe (tennis)

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]

Bob Howe
Full nameRobert Neville Howe
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1925-08-03)3 August 1925
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Died30 November 2004(2004-11-30) (aged 79)
Santa Ana, California, US
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1949)
Retired1971
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Singles
Career record500-369
Career titles29
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1958, 1963)
French Open3R (1957)
Wimbledon4R (1956, 1962, 1965)
US Open4R (1957)
Doubles
Career record208–94
Career titles18
Highest rankingNo. 12 (30 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1959)
French OpenF (1958, 1961)
WimbledonSF (1956, 1957)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1958)
French OpenW (1960, 1962)
WimbledonW (1958)

Career

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

Doubles (3 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1958French ChampionshipsClaySouth Africa Abe SegalAustralia Ashley Cooper
Australia Neale Fraser
6–3, 6–8, 3–6, 5–7
Loss1959Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Don CandyAustralia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
7–9, 4–6, 2–6
Loss1961French ChampionshipsClayAustralia Bob MarkAustralia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1956French ChampionshipsClayUnited States Darlene HardAustralia Thelma Coyne Long
Chile Luis Ayala
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win1958Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Mary Bevis HawtonUnited Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Peter Newman
9–11, 6–1, 6–2
Loss1958French ChampionshipsClayAustralia Lorraine CoghlanUnited Kingdom Shirley Bloomer
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
6–8, 2–6
Win1958WimbledonGrassAustralia Lorraine CoghlanUnited States Althea Gibson
Denmark Kurt Nielsen
6–3, 13–11
Win1960French ChampionshipsClayBrazil Maria BuenoUnited Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
Australia Roy Emerson
1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Lost1960WimbledonGrassBrazil Maria BuenoUnited States Darlene Hard
Australia Rod Laver
11–13, 6–3, 6–8
Loss1961WimbledonGrassWest Germany Edda BudingAustralia Fred Stolle
Australia Lesley Turner
9–11, 2–6
Win1962French ChampionshipsClaySouth Africa Renée SchuurmanAustralia Lesley Turner
Australia Fred Stolle
3–6, 6–4, 6–4

References


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