Bob Carmichael

Bob "Nails" Carmichael (4 July 1940 – 18 November 2003) was an Australian tennis player and coach.

As a player, Carmichael won 1 singles title and 12 doubles titles, and achieved a top 10 ranking in 1970. Partnering Allan Stone, he reached the doubles final of the 1974 Australian Open. Following his retirement in 1979, Carmichael was a coach for Tennis Australia, and the Australian Institute of Sport. He coached Patrick Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, Darren Cahill, and Leander Paes.

Doubles titles (12)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1970 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Owen Davidson Arthur Ashe
Stan Smith		 0–6, 7–5, 5–7
Winner 1. 1970 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Ray Ruffels Željko Franulović
Jan Kodeš		 7–5, 6–2, 5–7, 6–7, 6–3
Winner 2. 1971 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Ray Ruffels Brian Fairlie
Raymond Moore		 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 1971 Tehran WCT, Iran Clay Ray Ruffels John Newcombe
Tony Roche		 4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 1971 Washington WCT, U.S. Clay Ray Ruffels Tom Okker
Marty Riessen		 6–7, 2–6
Winner 3. 1971 South Orange, U.S. Hard Tom Leonard Clark Graebner
Erik Van Dillen		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 4. 1972 Toronto WCT, Canada Carpet Ray Ruffels Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 5. 1972 Quebec WCT, Canada Indoor Ray Ruffels John Alexander
Terry Addison		 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 1972 Johannesburg-2, South Africa Hard Terry Addison John Newcombe
Fred Stolle		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 1973 Nottingham, U.S. Grass Frew McMillan Tom Gorman
Erik Van Dillen		 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 1973 Båstad, Sweden Clay Frew McMillan Nikola Pilić
Stan Smith		 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 1973 Bretton Woods, U.S. Clay Frew McMillan Rod Laver
Fred Stolle		 6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 6. 1973 Tanglewood, U.S. Other Frew McMillan Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 1973 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Frew McMillan Manuel Orantes
Ion Ţiriac		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 1973 Seattle, U.S. Frew McMillan Tom Gorman
Tom Okker		 6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Winner 8. 1973 Quebec City, Canada Other Frew McMillan Jimmy Connors
Marty Riessen		 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up 9. 1973 Madrid, Spain Clay Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase
Tom Okker		 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 10. 1973 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Frew McMillan Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase		 3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Runner-up 11. 1975 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Allan Stone John Alexander
Phil Dent		 3–6, 6–7
Winner 9. 1975 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Ray Ruffels Brian Fairlie
Onny Parun		 7–6, RET.
Runner-up 12. 1975 Denver WCT, U.S. Carpet Allan Stone Roy Emerson
Rod Laver		 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up 13. 1975 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Cliff Drysdale John Alexander
Phil Dent		 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 14. 1975 Hong Kong Hard Gene Mayer Tom Okker
Ken Rosewall		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 15. 1976 Düsseldorf, Germany Clay Raymond Moore Wojtek Fibak
Karl Meiler		 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 16. 1976 Perth, Australia Hard Ismail El Shafei Dick Stockton
Roscoe Tanner		 7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 1976 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Ken Rosewall Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 11. 1976 Bangalore, India Clay Ray Ruffels Chiraid Mukherjea
Bhanu Nunna		 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up 17. 1978 Miami, U.S. Carpet Brian Teacher Tom Gullikson
Gene Mayer		 6–7, 3–6
Winner 12. 1978 Båstad, Sweden Clay Mark Edmondson Péter Szőke
Balázs Taróczy		 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 18. 1978 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Mark Edmondson Tom Okker
Balázs Taróczy		 6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up 19. 1978 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Syd Ball Hank Pfister
Sherwood Stewart		 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 20. 1979 Washington Indoor, U.S. Carpet Brian Teacher Robert Lutz
Stan Smith		 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up 21. 1979 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Brian Teacher Wojtek Fibak
Tom Okker		 3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up 22. 1979 Woodlands Doubles, U.S. Hard Tim Gullikson Marty Riessen
Sherwood Stewart		 3–6, 2–2, RET.

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