Bob Lutz (tennis player)
Bob Lutz | |||||||||||||
Nation: | United States | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | August 29, 1947 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 180 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 82 kg | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 1,165,276 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 388: 262 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 9 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 15 (April 12 1976) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 496: 216 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 43 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 6 (August 30, 1977) | ||||||||||||
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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
Web links
- ATP profile of Bob Lutz (English)
- ITF-profile Bob Lutz (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Bob Lutz (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lutz, Bob |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lutz, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lancaster, Pennsylvania , United States |