Lesley Turner Bowrey

Lesley Turner Bowrey AM
Full name Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey
ITF name Lesley Bowrey
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1942-08-16) 16 August 1942
Trangie, New South Wales, Australia
Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF 1997 (member page)
Singles
Highest ranking No. 2 (1964)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open F (1964, 1967)
French Open W (1963, 1965)
Wimbledon SF (1964)
US Open SF (1967)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1964, 1965, 1967)
French Open W (1964, 1965)
Wimbledon W (1964)
US Open W (1961)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open W (1962, 1967)
French Open F (1962, 1963, 1964)
Wimbledon W (1961, 1964)
US Open F (1962)

Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM (born 16 August 1942) is a retired Australian female tennis player. Her career spanned two decades from the late 1950s until the late 1970s. Turner Bowrey won the singles title at the French Championships, one of the four Grand Slam events, in 1963 and 1965. In addition she won 11 Grand Slam events in doubles and mixed doubles. Turner Bowrey achieved her highest singles ranking of No. 2 in 1964.

Career

Lesley Turner at the 1964 Dutch Open in Hilversum.

Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.

Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French Championships. In 1963, she defeated Ann Haydon-Jones in the final, and in 1965, she defeated Margaret Court in the final.

Bowrey was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles tournaments. She lost in the final of the French Championships to Court in 1962 and to Françoise Dürr in 1967. She lost in the final of the Australian Championships to Court in 1964 and to Nancy Richey Gunter in 1967.

She was runner-up at the Italian Championships in 1961, 1963 and 1964 before winning the title in 1967, against Maria Bueno, and 1968, against Margaret Court.

Bowrey was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.[1] She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and received the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award in 1997.[2] The award is given to the female player who by character, sportsmanship, manners, and spirit of cooperation has contributed to the growth of the game of tennis. In 1998 she was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]

In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2009 Bowrey was appointed as Member of the Order of Australia For service to tennis as a player, coach and mentor to junior players, and to the community.[4]

She married fellow Australian tennis star Bill Bowrey on February 23, 1968. They are the parents of tennis player Michelle Bowrey.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1962 French Championships Clay Australia Margaret Court 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 1963 French Championships Clay United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 1964 Australian Championships Grass Australia Margaret Court 3–6, 2–6
Winner 1965 French Championships (2) Clay Australia Margaret Court 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1967 Australian Championships (2) Grass United States Nancy Richey Gunter 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1967 French Championships (3) Clay France Françoise Dürr 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1961 U.S. Championships Grass United States Darlene Hard West Germany Edda Buding
Mexico Yola Ramírez
6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Winner 1964 Australian Championships Grass Australia Judy Tegart Australia Robyn Ebbern
Australia Margaret Smith
6–4, 6–4
Winner 1964 French Championships Clay Australia Margaret Court Argentina Norma Baylon
West Germany Helga Schultze
6–3, 6–1
Winner 1964 Wimbledon Grass Australia Margaret Court United States Billie Jean Moffitt
United States Karen Hantze Susman
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 1964 U.S. Championships Grass Australia Margaret Court United States Billie Jean Moffitt
United States Karen Hantze Susman
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 1965 Australian Championships (4) Grass Australia Margaret Court Australia Robyn Ebbern
United States Billie Jean Moffitt
1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner 1965 French Championships (2) Clay Australia Margaret Court France Françoise Dürr
France Janine Lieffrig
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 1966 Australian Championships (3) Grass Australia Margaret Court United States Carole Caldwell Graebner
United States Nancy Richey
6–4, 7–5
Winner 1967 Australian Championships (2) Grass Australia Judy Tegart Australia Lorraine Robinson
France Évelyne Terras
6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 1968 Australian Championships Grass Australia Judy Tegart Australia Karen Krantzcke
Australia Kerry Melville
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up 1976 Australian Open Grass Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová Australia Evonne Goolagong
Australia Helen Gourlay
1–8
Runner-up 1978 French Open Grass France Gail Sherriff Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
Romania Virginia Ruzici
5–7, 6–4, 8–6

Grand Slam tournament record

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
Tournament 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Career SR
Australia QF 2R 3R QF SF F 3R 3R F SF 2R A 2R A 3R A 1R QF 1R A A 0 / 16
France A A 4R F W SF W A F A SF A QF A A A A A A 3R 2 / 9
Wimbledon A A 2R QF 4R SF QF A QF QF QF A 4R A A A A A A 2R 0 / 10
United States A A QF 4R A 2R A A SF A 2R A A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 6
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 41

SR – the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Bowrey participated only in the January edition.

See also

References

  1. "Lesley Bowrey". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. "The Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award". USTA. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  3. "Player Profiles – Lesley (Turner) Bowrey". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  4. "The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List". Government House of The Commonwealth of Australia.

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