Robert Howe (tennis)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004)^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1956	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard	Template:Flagicon Thelma Coyne Long Template:Flagicon Luis Ayala	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1958	Australian Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mary Bevis Hawton	Template:Flagicon Angela Mortimer Template:Flagicon Peter Newman	9–11, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	1958	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lorraine Coghlan	Template:Flagicon Shirley Bloomer Template:Flagicon Nicola Pietrangeli	6–8, 2–6
Win	1958	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Lorraine Coghlan	Template:Flagicon Althea Gibson Template:Flagicon Kurt Nielsen	6–3, 13–11
Win	1960	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Maria Bueno	Template:Flagicon Ann Haydon-Jones Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Lost	1960	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Maria Bueno	Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	11–13, 6–3, 6–8
Loss	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Edda Buding	Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle Template:Flagicon Lesley Turner	9–11, 2–6
Win	1962	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Renée Schuurman	Template:Flagicon Lesley Turner Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

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