Lesley Turner Bowrey
Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM (born 16 August 1942 in Trangie, New South Wales) is an Australian female tennis player.
Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.
Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Championships. In 1963, she defeated Ann Haydon Jones in the final, and in 1965, she defeated Margaret Court in the final.
Bowrey was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles tournaments. She lost in the final of the French Championships to Court in 1962 and to Françoise Durr in 1967. She lost in the final of the Australian Championships to Court in 1964 and to Nancy Richey Gunter in 1967.
Bowrey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and received the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award in 1997. The award is given to the female player who by character, sportsmanship, manners, and spirit of cooperation has contributed to the growth of the game of tennis.
In 2009, Bowrey was awarded membership of the Order of Australia for her services to tennis; as a player, Federation Cup captain, coach and mentor.
She married fellow Australian tennis star Bill Bowrey in 1968.
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (2)
Runner-ups (4)
Grand Slam tournament record
- Australian Championships
- Singles runner-up: 1964, 1967
- Women's Doubles champion: 1964, 1965, 1967
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1963, 1966, 1968, 1976
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1962, 1967
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1963
- French Championships
- Singles champion: 1963, 1965
- Singles runner-up: 1962, 1967
- Women's Doubles champion: 1964, 1965
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1962, 1963, 1964
- Wimbledon
- Women's Doubles champion: 1964
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1961, 1964
- U.S. Championships
- Women's Doubles champion: 1961
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1964
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1962
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament |
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1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
1966 |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 |
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
Career SR |
Australia |
QF |
2R |
3R |
QF |
SF |
F |
3R |
3R |
F |
SF |
2R |
A |
2R |
A |
3R |
A |
1R |
QF |
1R |
A |
A |
0 / 16 |
France |
A |
A |
4R |
F |
W |
SF |
W |
A |
F |
A |
SF |
A |
QF |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
3R |
2 / 9 |
Wimbledon |
A |
A |
2R |
QF |
4R |
SF |
QF |
A |
QF |
QF |
QF |
A |
4R |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
2R |
0 / 10 |
United States |
A |
A |
QF |
4R |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
SF |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 6 |
SR |
0 / 1 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 4 |
1 / 3 |
0 / 4 |
1 / 3 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 2 |
2 / 41 |
A – did not participate in the tournament.
SR – the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Bowrey participated only in the January edition.
See also
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Bowrey, Lesley Turner |
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Date of birth |
16 August 1942 |
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