1. William Bowrey was born on 25 December 1943 and is a former Australian tennis player.
12 Facts About Bill Bowrey
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Bill Bowrey was born in Sydney, Australia and is best remembered as the last amateur to win the Australian Championships in 1968 before the tournament opened itself to professional tennis players in 1969.
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Bill Bowrey reached the quarterfinal of the Australian Championships in 1965,1966 and 1967 and the US Open quarters in 1966.
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Bill Bowrey won the 1967 Newport Casino Invitational title defeating Ray Moore, Tom Gorman, and Owen Davidson in the final.
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Bill Bowrey was ranked world No 8 in 1967 by the New York Times.
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Bill Bowrey defeated Mike Belkin in the quarterfinal and Barry Phillips-Moore in the semi-final.
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At the first Open Wimbledon Bill Bowrey lost in the second round to Andres Gimeno.
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Bill Bowrey represented Australia in two Davis Cup rounds, the first against the US in the World Group Final in December 1968, where he lost to Clark Graebner in five sets and defeated Arthur Ashe in four sets.
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Bill Bowrey was involved in one of the longest matches in tennis history at Wimbledon in 1970 against Patricio Cornejo that consumed nearly four hours and took 84 games.
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In January 1970 Bill Bowrey turned professional which meant he was no longer eligible to play in the Davis Cup.
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Bill Bowrey had married fellow tennis professional Lesley Turner in 1968 and went into semi-retirement in 1972 at the age of just 28, becoming a coach.
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In February 1974, Bill Bowrey won the New South Wales Hardcourt Championships, defeating Mark Edmondson in the semi-final and Stolle in the final in a close match.