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Bob Hewitt

Robert ("Bob") Anthony John Hewitt (born January 12, 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] His 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.

Doubles titles (54)

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

 
 
 

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