Lesley Turner Bowrey

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.

Lesley Turner Bowrey
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Turner in 1964
Full name	Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey
ITF name	Lesley Bowrey
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	Lesley Rosemary Turner (1942-08-16) 16 August 1942 (age 81) 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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1964, 1965)

 

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 finals 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 Smith 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 in 1967.

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

Bowrey captained the Australian Fed Cup team from 1994 to 2000.

Bowrey was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. She was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 1994. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and received the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award in 1997. 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.

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".

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

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1962	French Championships	Clay	Margaret Smith	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1963	French Championships	Clay	Ann Haydon-Jones	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Smith	3–6, 2–6
Win	1965	French Championships (2)	Clay	Margaret Smith	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Nancy Richey Gunter	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1967	French Championships (3)	Clay	Françoise Dürr	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1961	U.S. Championships	Grass	Darlene Hard	Edda Buding   Yola Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Win	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Judy Tegart	Robyn Ebbern   Margaret Smith	6–4, 6–4
Win	1964	French Championships	Clay	Margaret Smith	Norma Baylon   Helga Schultze	6–3, 6–1
Win	1964	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Smith	Billie Jean Moffitt   Karen Hantze Susman	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1964	U.S. Championships	Grass	Margaret Smith	Billie Jean Moffitt   Karen Hantze Susman	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	1965	Australian Championships (4)	Grass	Margaret Smith	Robyn Ebbern   Billie Jean Moffitt	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	1965	French Championships (2)	Clay	Margaret Smith	Françoise Dürr   Janine Lieffrig	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1966	Australian Championships (3)	Grass	Margaret Smith	Carole Caldwell Graebner   Nancy Richey	6–4, 7–5
Win	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Judy Tegart	Lorraine Robinson   Évelyne Terras	6–0, 6–2
Loss	1968	Australian Championships	Grass	Judy Tegart	Karen Krantzcke   Kerry Melville	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1976	Australian Open	Grass	Renáta Tomanová	Evonne Goolagong   Helen Gourlay	1–8
Loss	1978	French Open	Grass	Gail Sherriff	Mima Jaušovec   Virginia Ruzici	5–7, 6–4, 8–6

Mixed doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Fred Stolle	Edda Buding   Bob Howe	11–9, 6–2
Win	1962	Australian Championships	Grass	Fred Stolle	Darlene Hard   Roger Taylor	6–3, 9–4
Loss	1962	French Championships	Clay	Fred Stolle	Renée Schuurman   Bob Howe	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1962	U.S. Championships	Grass	Frank Froehling	Margaret Smith   Fred Stolle	5–7, 2–6
Loss	1963	Australian Championships	Grass	Fred Stolle	Margaret Smith   Ken Fletcher	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	1963	French Championships	Clay	Fred Stolle	Margaret Smith   Ken Fletcher	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1964	French Championships	Clay	Fred Stolle	Margaret Smith   Ken Fletcher	3–6, 6–4, 6–8
Win	1964	Wimbledon	Grass	Fred Stolle	Margaret Smith   Ken Fletcher	6–4, 6–4
Win	1967	Australian Championships	Grass	Owen Davidson	Judy Tegart   Tony Roche	9–7, 6–4

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

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