Bob Carmichael

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Bob Carmichael Tennis player
Bob Carmichael
Bob Carmichael in the over 35 doubles Wimbledon 1985
Nickname: bob
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: 4th July 1940
Date of death: November 18, 2003
Size: 183 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Playing hand: Right (one-handed backhand)
singles
Career record: 184: 240
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 55 (April 8 1975)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1973)
French Open AF (1968)
Wimbledon VF (1970)
US Open AF (1971)
Double
Career record: 305: 211
Career title: 12
Highest ranking: 23 (April 9 1979)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open F (1975)
French Open HF (1971, 1973)
Wimbledon HF (1977)
US Open HF (1977)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open HF (1971)
Wimbledon AF (1977)
US Open HF (1971)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Robert "Bob" Carmichael (born July 4, 1940 in Melbourne , † November 18, 2003 ibid) was an Australian tennis player .

Career

Carmichael celebrated his greatest successes in doubles, winning twelve titles, most of them with compatriot Ray Ruffels . He advanced to position 23 in the double world rankings and reached at least the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments . His greatest success at this level was reaching the finals at the Australian Open in 1975 .

In singles, he also won a tournament with the Heinecken Open in Auckland , but did not get beyond world number 55.

After completing his playing career in 1979, he worked as a coach for Tennis Australia . He died at the age of 63 in his hometown of Melbourne.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. 1971 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court AustraliaAustralia Allan Stone 7: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. 1970 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires sand AustraliaAustralia Ray Ruffels Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia  		7: 5, 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 7, 6: 3
2. 1971 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court AustraliaAustralia Ray Ruffels New ZealandNew Zealand Brian Fairlie Raymond Moore
South Africa 1961South Africa  		6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
3. 1971 United StatesUnited States South Orange Hard court United StatesUnited States Tom Leonard United StatesUnited States Clark Graebner Erik Van Dillen
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
4th 1972 CanadaCanada Toronto Carpet (hall) AustraliaAustralia Ray Ruffels AustraliaAustralia Roy Emerson Rod Laver
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
5. 1972 CanadaCanada Quebec Hall AustraliaAustralia Ray Ruffels AustraliaAustralia John Alexander Terry Addison
AustraliaAustralia  		4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
6th 1973 United StatesUnited States Tanglewood South Africa 1961South Africa Frew McMillan Egypt 1972Egypt Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie
New ZealandNew Zealand  		6: 3, 6: 4
7th 1973 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis sand South Africa 1961South Africa Frew McMillan Spain 1945Spain Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac
Romania 1965Romania  		6: 3, 6: 4
8th. 1973 CanadaCanada Quebec Hall South Africa 1961South Africa Frew McMillan United StatesUnited States Jimmy Connors Marty Riessen
United StatesUnited States  		6: 2, 7: 6
9. 1975 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland race AustraliaAustralia Ray Ruffels New ZealandNew Zealand Brian Fairlie Onny Parun
New ZealandNew Zealand  		7: 6, exercise
10. 1976 JapanJapan Tokyo sand AustraliaAustralia Ken Rosewall Egypt 1972Egypt Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie
New ZealandNew Zealand  		6: 4, 6: 4
11. 1976 IndiaIndia Bangalore sand AustraliaAustralia Ray Ruffels IndiaIndia Chiraid Mukherjea Bhanu Nunna
IndiaIndia  		6: 2, 7: 6
12. 1978 SwedenSweden Båstad sand AustraliaAustralia Mark Edmondson Hungary 1957Hungary Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy
Hungary 1957Hungary  		7: 5, 6: 4

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bob Carmichael - Player Profile . Tennis Australia website. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Bob Carmichael - player, coach and character - dies . The Age website . Retrieved December 14, 2014.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Carmichael, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carmichael, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 2003
Place of death Melbourne , Australia