Bob Carmichael

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

As a player, Carmichael won one singles title and 12 doubles titles, and achieved a top-ten ranking in 1970. Partnering Allan Stone, he reached the doubles final of the 1975 Australian Open.

Following his retirement in 1979, Carmichael was a coach for Tennis Australia, and the Australian Institute of Sport. He coached top-ranking professionals Patrick Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, Darren Cahill and Leander Paes.

Career finals

Doubles (12 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1970	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	0–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	1–1	1970	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	7–5, 6–2, 5–7, 6–7, 6–3
Win	2–1	1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	1971	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–7, 2–6
Win	3–3	1971	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Leonard	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	4–3	1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	5–3	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Terry Addison	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	5–4	1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Terry Addison	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	1973	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5–6	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Nikola Pilić Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–7	1973	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win	6–7	1973	Tanglewood, U.S.	Other	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–7	1973	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–8	1973	Seattle, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win	8–8	1973	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Loss	8–9	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	3–6, 0–6
Loss	8–10	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	8–11	1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7
Win	9–11	1975	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie Template:Flagicon Onny Parun	7–6, ret.
Loss	9–12	1975	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	9–13	1975	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	1–6, 4–6
Loss	9–14	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–15	1976	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	9–16	1976	Perth, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	10–16	1976	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–16	1976	Bangalore, India	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	Template:Flagicon Chiradip Mukerjea Template:Flagicon Bhanu Nunna	6–2, 7–6
Loss	11–17	1978	Miami, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	6–7, 3–6
Win	12–17	1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	Template:Flagicon Péter Szőke Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
Loss	12–18	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	12–19	1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–20	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	12–21	1979	Stuttgart, West Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	12–22	1979	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 2–2 ret.

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