Bill Bowrey

Bill Bowrey

Bowrey 1970 at the Dutch Open in Hilversum

Nation:

Australia

Birthday:

December 25, 1943

1st professional season:

1968

Resignation:

1977

Playing hand:

Right

singles

Career record:

51:76

Career title:

1

Highest ranking:

162 (April 30 1975)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	S (1968)
French Open	3R (1965, 1971)
Wimbledon	AF (1966)
US Open	VF (1966)

Double

Career record:

89:60

Career title:

5

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	F (1967)
French Open	VF (1969, 1971)
Wimbledon	F (1966)
US Open	F (1967)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	VF (1968)
French Open	VF (1969, 1971)
Wimbledon	VF (1968)
US Open	AF (1969)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

William "Bill" Bowrey (born December 25, 1943 in Sydney , New South Wales ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

Bowrey won the Australian tennis championships (now the Australian Open ) in 1968 , the last amateur before the Open era and the top seeded player . In the final he defeated the Spaniard Jose-Maria Gisbert in four sets 7: 5, 2: 6, 9: 7, 6: 4. It was his only participation in the final in a single tournament. He won five doubles tournaments, including the 1970 Rogers Cup .

On February 23, 1968, he married Lesley Turner .

Web links

Commons : Bill Bowrey - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

^ Bowrey puts Emerson out of title. In: The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia, December 2, 1967, accessed December 2, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bowrey, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bowrey, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney , Australia

[1] Bowrey puts Emerson out of title. In: The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia, December 2, 1967, accessed December 2, 2017 .