Bob Lutz

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Robert ("Bob") Lutz (born August 29, 1947, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA) was a top amateur and professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. He and his longtime partner Stan Smith were one of the best doubles teams of all time. Together they won many major titles all over the world. In 1972 Lutz was briefly the World No. 7 ranked male player in the world. Between 1967 and 1977 he was ranked among the top-10 American players 8 times, with his highest ranking being number 5 in both 1968 and 1970.

Lutz won nine singles titles, the most important being in Paris in 1978, and reached 15 other singles finals, including the Cincinnati in 1974. He also won 43 doubles titles, many with Stan Smith, and reached 30 other doubles finals. His doubles titles include the U.S. Open in 1980, 1978, 1974, and 1968, the Australian Open in 1970 and Cincinnati in 1969. In addition, he also played on 5 winning Davis Cup teams and had a 14-2 record playing doubles in Davis Cup ties. ^[1] He was nominated for the ITF Tennis Hall of Fame thanks to these achievements.^[2]

Lutz, a University of Southern California graduate, was inducted into their Hall of Fame.

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Singles titles (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1971	Sacramento, U.S.	Hard	Alejandro Olmedo	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.	1971	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Jeff Borowiak	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
3.	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–4
5.	1978	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
6.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
7.	1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
8.	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–1
9.	1980	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Nick Saviano	6–4, 6–0

Singles runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1968	U.S. National Championships, Boston	Grass	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–3, 8–10, 6–0, 6–4
2.	1971	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
3.	1972	Essen WCT, Germany	Carpet	Nikola Pilić	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6
4.	1972	Rome WCT, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6
5.	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
6.	1974	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Marty Riessen	7–6, 7–6
7.	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 7–5
8.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	7–6, 6–2
9.	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 0–6, 6–3
10.	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–3
11.	1976	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
12.	1977	Ocean City, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
13.	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–1, 6–2
14.	1978	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4
15.	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	6–2, 6–4

Doubles titles (43)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1968	U.S. Open, New York	Grass	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
2.	1969	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
3.	1970	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
4.	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Roy Barth Tom Gorman	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
5.	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
6.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 7–6
7.	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Frew McMillan Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
8.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet	Stan Smith	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6, 6–0
9.	1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
10.	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Other	Stan Smith	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
11.	1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
12.	1974	U.S. Open, New York	Grass	Stan Smith	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
13.	1974	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Syd Ball	6–4, 7–6
14.	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
15.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
16.	1975	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Mike Estep Russell Simpson	7–5, 7–6
17.	1975	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
18.	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
19.	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Vitas Gerulaitis Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–4
20.	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Ramsey Smith	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–3
21.	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
22.	1976	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
23.	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5
24.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
25.	1977	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
26.	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
27.	1977	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Raymond Moore	6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
28.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Jan Kodeš Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–3
29.	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe John McEnroe	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
30.	1978	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
31.	1979	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 6–3
32.	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
33.	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Stan Smith	John James Chris Kachel	6–4, 7–6
34.	1979	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
35.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Francisco González Fred McNair	6–3, 6–4
36.	1979	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat Du Pré	Steve Denton Jeff Turpin	6–3, 6–4
37.	1980	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Dick Stockton	Francisco González Fred McNair	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
38.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
39.	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Ilie Nastase Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–3
40.	1980	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
41.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–2
42.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
43.	1982	Hartford WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	Mike Cahill Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3

Doubles runner-ups (30)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–2
2.	1971	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Charlie Pasarell	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–4
3.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	Tom Gorman Stan Smith	6–4, 6–3
4.	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
5.	1972	Louisville WCT, U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–3
6.	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	Roy Emerson John Newcombe	7–6, 7–6
7.	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1
8.	1974	Nottingham, England	Grass	Stan Smith	Charlie Pasarell Erik Van Dillen	6–4, 9–7
9.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	John Newcombe Tony Roche	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
10.	1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gorman	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	DEF
11.	1976	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet	Ramsey Smith	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
12.	1976	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–2
13.	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
14.	1977	Los Angeles PSW, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
15.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Stan Smith	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–3
16.	1978	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
17.	1978	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
18.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
19.	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–3
20.	1979	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
21.	1979	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
22.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
23.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
24.	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6
25.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
26.	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
27.	1981	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Johan Kriek Larry Stefanki	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
28.	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–3
29.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
30.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	3–6, 7–6, 6–3

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