Gordon Forbes
Gordon Forbes (21 February 1934 – 9 December 2020) was a South African professional tennis player and author. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the doubles partner of countryman Abe Segal.[1] He was born in Burgersdorp, Cape Province. Forbes won the singles title of the South African Championships in 1959 and 1961 and was runner-up in 1955, 1962, 1963 and 1964.
He played for the South African Davis Cup team in 14 ties in the period 1955 to 1963 and had a record of 20 wins and 11 losses.
Forbes died of COVID-19 on 9 December 2020 in Plettenberg Bay, Cape Province at the age of 86.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Plimpton, George (1992). The Norton Book of Sports. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 205. ISBN 978-0-393-03040-2.
Abe Segal.
- ↑ "Tennis legend and author Gordon Forbes passes away aged 86". Archived from the original on 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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