Lesley Turner Bowrey

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Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey, AM (née Turner; born 16 August 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Her career spanned two decades from the late 1950s until the late 1970s. Turner Bowrey won the singles title at the French Championships, one of the four Grand Slam events, in 1963 and 1965. In addition she won 11 Grand Slam events in doubles and mixed doubles. Turner Bowrey achieved her highest singles ranking of No. 2 in 1964.

Career

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Lesley Turner at the 1964 Dutch Open in Hilversum.

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 finals 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 Smith in the final.[1][2]

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 Dürr in 1967. She lost in the final of the Australian Championships to Court in 1964 and to Nancy Richey in 1967.

She was runner-up at the Italian Championships in 1961, 1963 and 1964, and she won the title in 1967 against Maria Bueno and in 1968 against Margaret Court.

Bowrey captained the Australian Fed Cup team from 1994 to 2000.[3]

Honours and awards

Bowrey was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.[4] She was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 1994. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and received the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award in 1997.[5] 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 1998 she was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.[6]

In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2009 Bowrey was appointed as Member of the Order of Australia "for service to tennis as a player, coach and mentor to junior players, and to the community".[7]

She married fellow Australian tennis star Bill Bowrey on 23 February 1968. They are the parents of tennis player Michelle Bowrey.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1962 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1963 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Ann Haydon-Jones 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1964 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith 3–6, 2–6
Win 1965 French Championships (2) Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1967 Australian Championships (2) Grass Template:Flagicon Nancy Richey Gunter 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1967 French Championships (3) Clay Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1961 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard Template:Flagicon Edda Buding
Template:Flagicon Yola Ramírez		 6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Win 1964 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Template:Flagicon Robyn Ebbern
Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith		 6–4, 6–4
Win 1964 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Norma Baylon
Template:Flagicon Helga Schultze		 6–3, 6–1
Win 1964 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Billie Jean Moffitt
Template:Flagicon Karen Hantze Susman		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1964 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Billie Jean Moffitt
Template:Flagicon Karen Hantze Susman		 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 1965 Australian Championships (4) Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Robyn Ebbern
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean Moffitt		 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 1965 French Championships (2) Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Janine Lieffrig		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1966 Australian Championships (3) Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith Template:Flagicon Carole Caldwell Graebner
Template:Flagicon Nancy Richey		 6–4, 7–5
Win 1967 Australian Championships (2) Grass Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Template:Flagicon Lorraine Robinson
Template:Flagicon Évelyne Terras		 6–0, 6–2
Loss 1968 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Template:Flagicon Karen Krantzcke
Template:Flagicon Kerry Melville		 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 1976 Australian Open Grass Template:Flagicon Renáta Tomanová Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Helen Gourlay		 1–8
Loss 1978 French Open Grass Template:Flagicon Gail Sherriff Template:Flagicon Mima Jaušovec
Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruzici		 5–7, 6–4, 8–6

Mixed doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1961 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Edda Buding
Template:Flagicon Bob Howe		 11–9, 6–2
Win 1962 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard
Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor		 6–3, 9–4
Loss 1962 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Renée Schuurman
Template:Flagicon Bob Howe		 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1962 U.S. Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Frank Froehling Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith
Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle		 5–7, 2–6
Loss 1963 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith
Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher		 5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 1963 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith
Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 1964 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith
Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher		 3–6, 6–4, 6–8
Win 1964 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Margaret Smith
Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher		 6–4, 6–4
Win 1967 Australian Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart
Template:Flagicon Tony Roche		 9–7, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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Tournament 1959 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

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Bowrey participated only in the January edition.

See also

References

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