Bob Lutz (tennis player)

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Bob Lutz Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: August 29, 1947
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 1,165,276
singles
Career record: 388: 262
Career title: 9
Highest ranking: 15 (April 12 1976)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 496: 216
Career title: 43
Highest ranking: 6 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Robert "Bob" Lutz (born August 29, 1947 in Lancaster (Pennsylvania) ) is a former American tennis player .

As a single player, Lutz won 9 tournaments, with his most important tournament victories being those at the World Championship Tour (forerunner of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ) tournaments in Cologne (1971) and Boston (1972).

In doubles, he celebrated 36 tournament wins with Stan Smith , with whom he had formed a doubles team since 1967. Among them were four US Open wins, one Australian Open win and winning the first double Masters in 1973. Smith won a total of 43 doubles titles.

He also won the Davis Cup five times with the US team .

On March 1, 2010, Lutz was officially nominated for inclusion in the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. Nomination for admission to the Tennis Hall of Fame

Web links