Robert Howe (tennis)

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Robert Howe
Singles
Full name	Robert Neville Howe
Country	Australia
Born	(1925-08-03) 3 August 1925 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Height	1.77 metres (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	168 (amateur tour from 1949)
Retired	1971
Plays	Right-handed
Career record	225-194
Career titles	8
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)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1958)
French Open	W (1960, 1962)
Wimbledon	W (1958)

Robert (Bob) Howe (born 3 August 1925 in Sydney) is an Australian former 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.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles

Titles (4)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1958	Australian Championships	Mary Bevis Hawton	Angela Mortimer Barrett Peter Newman	9–11, 6–1, 6–2
1958	Wimbledon	Lorraine Coghlan Robinson	Althea Gibson Kurt Nielsen	6–3, 13–11
1960	French Championships	Maria Bueno	Ann Haydon Jones Roy Emerson	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
1962	French Championships	Renee Schuurman Haygarth	Lesley Turner Bowrey Fred Stolle	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1958	French Championships	Abe Segal	Ashley Cooper Neale Fraser	6–3, 6–8, 3–6, 5–7
1959	Australian Championships	Don Candy	Rod Laver Bob Mark	7–9, 4–6, 2–6
1961	French Championships	Bob Mark	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 4–6

References

↑ "History – Rolls of Honour – Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2008". wimledon.org. Retrieved 2008-11-16.

External links

ATP Player Profile

Australasian and Australian Championships mixed doubles champions

(1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes
(1923) Sylvia Lance Harper / Horace Rice
(1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jim Willard
(1925) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jim Willard
(1926) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes
(1927) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes
(1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jean Borotra
(1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Edgar Moon
(1930) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
(1931) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford
(1932) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford
(1933) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford
(1934) Joan Hartigan Bathurst / Edgar Moon
(1935) Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus
(1936) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
(1937) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
(1938) Margaret Wilson / John Bromwich
(1939) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
(1940) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
(1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
(1947) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
(1948) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
(1949) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1950) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1951) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington
(1952) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington
(1953) Julia Sampson Hayward / Rex Hartwig
(1954) Thelma Coyne Long / Rex Hartwig
(1955) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington
(1956) Beryl Penrose / Neale Fraser
(1957) Fay Muller / Malcolm Anderson
(1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Bob Howe
(1959) Sandra Reynolds Price / Bob Mark
(1960) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Trevor Fancutt
(1961) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Bob Hewitt
(1962) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle
(1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher
(1964) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher
(1965) Robyn Ebbern / Owen Davidson & Margaret Court / John Newcombe
(1966) Judy Tegart Dalton / Tony Roche
(1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Owen Davidson
(1968) Billie Jean King / Dick Crealy

French Championships mixed doubles champions

(1902) Helene Prevost / R. Forbes
(1903) Helene Prevost / R. Forbes
(1904) Kate Gillou / Max Decugis
(1905) Y. de Pfooffel / Max Decugis
(1906) Y. de Pfooffel / Max Decugis
(1907) A. Pean / R. Wallet
(1908) Kate Gillou / Max Decugis
(1909) Jeane Matthey / Max Decugis
(1910) M. Meny / M. Meny
(1911) Marguerite Broquedis / Andre Gobert
(1912) Daisy Speranza / William Laurentz
(1913) Daisy Speranza / William Laurentz
(1914) Suzanne Lenglen / Max Decugis
(1915 – 1919) No competition (due to World War I)
(1920) Suzanne Lenglen / Max Decugis
(1921) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1922) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1923) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1924) Marguerite Broquedis / Jean Borotra
(1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1926) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1927) Marguerite Broquedis Bordes / Jean Borotra
(1928) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet
(1929) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet
(1930) Cilly Aussem / Bill Tilden
(1931) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / Pat Spence
(1932) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / Fred Perry
(1933) Margaret Scriven-Vivian / Jack Crawford
(1934) Colette Rosambert / Jean Borotra
(1935) Lolette Payot / Marcel Bernard
(1936) Billie Yorke / Marcel Bernard
(1937) Simone Mathieu / Yvon Petra
(1938) Simone Mathieu / Dragutin Mitić
(1939) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Elwood Cooke
(1940 – 1945) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946) Pauline Betz Addie / Budge Patty
(1947) Sheila Piercey Summers / Eric Sturgess
(1948) Patricia Canning Todd / Jaroslav Drobný
(1949) Sheila Piercey Summers / Eric Sturgess
(1950) Barbara Scofield Davidson / Enrique Morea
(1951) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1952) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1953) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
(1954) Maureen Connolly Brinker / Lew Hoad
(1955) Darlene Hard / Gordon Forbes
(1956) Thelma Coyne Long / Luis Ayala
(1957) Věra Pužejová Suková / Jiří Javorský
(1958) Shirley Bloomer Brasher / Nicola Pietrangeli
(1959) Yola Ramirez Ochoa / William Knight
(1960) Maria Bueno / Bob Howe
(1961) Darlene Hard / Rod Laver
(1962) Renée Schuurman Haygarth / Bob Howe
(1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher
(1964) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher
(1965) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher
(1966) Annette Van Zyl / Frew McMillan
(1967) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson

Pre Open Era Wimbledon mixed doubles champions

1913: Hope Crisp / Agnes Tuckey
1914: James Parke / Ethel Thomson Larcombe
1915–18: No competition (due to World War I)
1919: Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1920: Gerald Patterson / Suzanne Lenglen
1921: Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1922: Pat O'Hara Wood / Suzanne Lenglen
1923: Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1924: John Gilbert / Kathleen McKane Godfree
1925: Jean Borotra / Suzanne Lenglen
1926: Leslie Godfree / Kathleen McKane Godfree
1927: Francis Hunter / Elizabeth Ryan
1928: Patrick Spence / Elizabeth Ryan
1929: Frank Hunter / Helen Wills Moody
1930: Jack Crawford / Elizabeth Ryan
1931: George Lott / Anna McCune Harper
1932: Enrique Maier / Elizabeth Ryan
1933: Gottfried von Cramm / Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
1934: Ryuki Miki / Dorothy Round Little
1935: Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little
1936: Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little
1937: Don Budge / Alice Marble
1938: Don Budge / Alice Marble
1939: Bobby Riggs / Alice Marble
1940–45: No competition (due to World War II)
1946: Tom Brown / Louise Brough Clapp
1947: John Bromwich / Louise Brough Clapp
1948: John Bromwich / Louise Brough Clapp
1949: Eric Sturgess / Sheila Piercey Summers
1950: Eric Sturgess / Louise Brough Clapp
1951: Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart
1952: Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart
1953: Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1954: Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1955: Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1956: Vic Seixas / Shirley Fry Irvin
1957: Mervyn Rose / Darlene Hard
1958: Robert Howe / Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
1959: Rod Laver / Darlene Hard
1960: Rod Laver / Darlene Hard
1961: Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1962: Neale Fraser / Margaret Osborne duPont
1963: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court
1964: Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1965: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court
1966: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court
1967: Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King

Persondata
Name	Howe, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	Australian tennis player
Date of birth	3 August 1925
Place of birth	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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