Bob Hewitt

Bob Hewitt
Full name	Robert Anthony John Hewitt
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro	1970
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$613,837
Int. Tennis HoF	1992 (member page)
Singles
Career record	243-170
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	34 (December 15, 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1960, 1962, 1963, )
French Open	R16 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967)
Wimbledon	QF (1962, 1964, 1966)
US Open	QF (1967)
Doubles
Career record	481-124
Career titles	54
Highest ranking	4 (August 23, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1963, 1964)
French Open	W (1972)
Wimbledon	W (1962, 1964, 1967, 1972, 1978)
US Open	W (1977)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1977)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	6
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1961)
French Open	W (1970, 1979)
Wimbledon	W (1977, 1979)
US Open	W (1979)
	Last updated on: September 19, 2009.

Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt (born 12 January 1940 in Dubbo, New South Wales) was a professional male tennis player from Australia. After he married Dalaille, a young woman from Johannesburg, South Africa he became an official South African citizen[1].

Hewitt's most significant accomplishments were winning all of the Grand Slam doubles titles, both the Men's Doubles Grand Slam titles as well as the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam titles (U.S. Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open) and being central to South Africa's only Davis Cup title in 1974. That victory was a little controversial though with India boycotting the final because the team on the orders of its government refused to play the final in South Africa due to its Apartheid policies which were affecting the ethnic Indian community of the country.

Hewitt had seven titles in singles, along with 65 in doubles. His career prize money amounted to more than a million dollars. In 1992 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Open-era doubles finals

Wins (54)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	7–5, 6–0
2.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Frew McMillan	Tom Okker Nikola Pilić	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
3.	1972	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	7–5, 6–2
4.	1972	French Open, Paris	Clay	Frew McMillan	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1
5.	1972	Bristol, England	Grass	Frew McMillan	Clark Graebner Lew Hoad	6–3, 6–2
6.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Frew McMillan	Stan Smith Erik Van Dillen	6–2, 6–2, 9–7
7.	1972	Tanglewood, U.S.	Other	Andrew Pattison	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	6–4, 6–4
8.	1972	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Frew McMillan	Paul Gerken Humphrey Hose	7–6, 6–4
9.	1972	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Frew McMillan	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–2, 6–3
10.	1972	Albany, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2
11.	1974	Washington WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3
12.	1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
13.	1974	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase	6–2, 7–6
14.	1974	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Jim McManus Andrew Pattison	6–2, 6–4, 7–6
15.	1974	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–2, 6–7, 6–1, 6–2
16.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–4, 6–3
17.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Frew McMillan	José Higueras Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 6–2
18.	1975	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli	6–3, 6–4
19.	1975	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
20.	1975	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
21.	1976	Columbus WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	7–6, 6–4
22.	1976	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Cliff Richey	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
23.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–1
24.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 4–0 RET
25.	1976	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Colin Dowdeswell Mike Estep	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
26.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
27.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
28.	1977	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2
29.	1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Tom Gorman Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3
30.	1977	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 7–6
31.	1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Charlie Pasarell Erik Van Dillen	6–2, 6–0
32.	1977	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6–4, 6–2
33.	1977	Los Angeles PSW, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 6–4
34.	1977	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Phil Dent Ken Rosewall	6–2, 7–6
35.	1977	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	Phil Dent Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
36.	1977	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
37.	1977	U.S. Open, New York	Clay	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–0
38.	1977	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Frew McMillan	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1
39.	1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	6–4, 6–3
40.	1977	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–5
41.	1978	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–4
42.	1978	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer	6–3, 7–5
43.	1978	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
44.	1978	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–2
45.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	7–5, 7–6
46.	1978	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Frew McMillan	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 7–5
47.	1978	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Frew McMillan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
48.	1978	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
49.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–2, 6–2
50.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
51.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
52.	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Mike Cahill Buster Mottram	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
53.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	6–4, 6–3
54.	1980	Munich, Germany	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	David Carter Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–1

Runner-ups (25)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	6–3, 6–4
2.	1972	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
3.	1974	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	6–0, 6–2
4.	1974	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
5.	1974	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
6.	1975	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
7.	1975	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Frew McMillan	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4
8.	1976	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Rod Laver Dennis Ralston	7–6, 7–6
9.	1976	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–4
10.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
11.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
12.	1977	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Colin Dibley Haroon Rahim	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
13.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
14.	1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	6–4, 7–6
15.	1977	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 7–6
16.	1977	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Frew McMillan	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
17.	1977	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	6–0, 6–4
18.	1978	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Raymond Moore Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
19.	1978	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Jaime Fillol Alvaro Fillol	6–3, 7–6
20.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	Mark Edmondson Tom Okker	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
21.	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
22.	1978	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2
23.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Peter Fleming Raymond Moore	6–3, 7–6
24.	1979	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–7, 7–6, 6–1
25.	1980	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 6–4, 6–4

References

External links

Bob Hewitt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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Bob Hewitt at the Davis Cup

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[2] ttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/He/B/Bob-J-Hewitt.aspx

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