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 (née Turner; born 16 August 1942) is a retired female tennis player from Australia. 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 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	Margaret Court	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	1963	French Championships	Clay	Ann Haydon-Jones	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Court	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1965	French Championships (2)	Clay	Margaret Court	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Nancy Richey Gunter	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1967	French Championships (3)	Clay	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	Darlene Hard	Edda Buding Yola Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Winner	1964	Australian Championships	Grass	Judy Tegart	Robyn Ebbern Margaret Smith	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1964	French Championships	Clay	Margaret Court	Norma Baylon Helga Schultze	6–3, 6–1
Winner	1964	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Court	Billie Jean Moffitt Karen Hantze Susman	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1964	U.S. Championships	Grass	Margaret Court	Billie Jean Moffitt Karen Hantze Susman	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	1965	Australian Championships (4)	Grass	Margaret Court	Robyn Ebbern Billie Jean Moffitt	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	1965	French Championships (2)	Clay	Margaret Court	Françoise Dürr Janine Lieffrig	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1966	Australian Championships (3)	Grass	Margaret Court	Carole Caldwell Graebner Nancy Richey	6–4, 7–5
Winner	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Judy Tegart	Lorraine Robinson Évelyne Terras	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1968	Australian Championships	Grass	Judy Tegart	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	1976	Australian Open	Grass	Renáta Tomanová	Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	1–8
Runner-up	1978	French Open	Grass	Gail Sherriff	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	5–7, 6–4, 8–6

Grand Slam tournament record

• Australian Championships
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1962, 1967
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1963
• French Championships
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1962, 1963, 1964
• Wimbledon
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1961, 1964
• U.S. Championships
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1962

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lesley Turner Bowrey.

• Lesley Turner Bowrey at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Lesley Turner Bowrey at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lesley Turner Bowrey at the International Tennis Federation
• Melbourne Herald Sun – "Lesley Bowrey super service returned"