Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004)[2] was an Australian tennis player. 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]
Full name | Robert Neville Howe |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born | (1925-08-03)3 August 1925 Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Died | 30 November 2004(2004-11-30) (aged 79) Santa Ana, California, US |
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 | 41–51 |
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) |
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1958 | French Championships | Clay | Abe Segal | Ashley Cooper Neale Fraser | 6–3, 6–8, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1959 | Australian Championships | Grass | Don Candy | Rod Laver Bob Mark | 7–9, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1961 | French Championships | Clay | Bob Mark | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 4–6 |
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1956 | French Championships | Clay | Darlene Hard | Thelma Coyne Long Luis Ayala | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | Mary Bevis Hawton | Angela Mortimer Peter Newman | 9–11, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 1958 | French Championships | Clay | Lorraine Coghlan | Shirley Bloomer Nicola Pietrangeli | 6–8, 2–6 |
Wi | 1958 | Wimbledon | Grass | Lorraine Coghlan | Althea Gibson Kurt Nielsen | 6–3, 13–11 |
Win | 1960 | French Championships | Clay | Maria Bueno | Ann Haydon Jones Roy Emerson | 1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Lost | 1960 | Wimbledon | Grass | Maria Bueno | Darlene Hard Rod Laver | 11–13, 6–3, 6–8 |
Loss | 1961 | Wimbledon | Grass | Edda Buding | Fred Stolle Lesley Turner | 11–9, 6–2 |
Win | 1962 | French Championships | Clay | Renée Schuurman | Lesley Turner Fred Stolle | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
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Wimbledon mixed doubles champions | |
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