Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004)^[2] was an Australian tennis player. Although he won 29 singles titles, his main successes were achieved in the doubles competition. He won four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, including the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.^[3]

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Bob Howe

Full name	Robert Neville Howe
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1925-08-03)3 August 1925 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Died	30 November 2004(2004-11-30) (aged 79) Santa Ana, California, US
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1949)
Retired	1971
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Singles
Career record	500-369
Career titles	29
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1958, 1963)
French Open	3R (1957)
Wimbledon	4R (1956, 1962, 1965)
US Open	4R (1957)
Doubles
Career record	208–94
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 12 (30 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1959)
French Open	F (1958, 1961)
Wimbledon	SF (1956, 1957)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1958)
French Open	W (1960, 1962)
Wimbledon	W (1958)

Close

In singles play, Howe won the 1954 London Hard Court Championships on clay at The Hurlingham Club defeating Gordon Forbes in the final.

He won the ILTF Surrey Hard Court Championships on clay in 1956 and 1962.

In 1963 he won the Nottingham Open on grass defeating Pierre Barthès in the semifinal and Tony Pickard in the final.