Robert Howe (tennis)

Bob Howe

Full name	Robert Neville Howe
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)
Singles
Career record	500-369
Career titles	29
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)

Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004) 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.

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
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

Mixed doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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
Win	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	9–11, 2–6
Win	1962	French Championships	Clay	Renée Schuurman	Lesley Turner Fred Stolle	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

External links

• Robert Howe at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robert Howe at the International Tennis Federation