Arthur Lowe (tennis) explained

Arthur Lowe
Fullname:Arthur Holden Lowe
Country:United Kingdom
Birth Date:1886 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Death Place:London, England
Highestsinglesranking:No. 7 (1914, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Australianopenresult:SF (1919)
Wimbledonresult:SF (1910)
Australianopendoublesresult:F (1919)
Wimbledondoublesresult:F (1914, 1921)
Mixed:yes
Wimbledonmixedresult:3R (1919)

Arthur Holden Lowe (29 January 1886 – 22 October 1958) was an English tennis player.[2]

Tennis career

Lowe competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in both singles and doubles.[3]

He was ranked World No. 7 in 1914 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.[1]

Lowe won three titles at the Queen's Club, the pre-Wimbledon tournament, winning his first two back-to-back in 1913–14, and his third over 10 years later in 1925. In 1919 Lowe was runner-up in the Australian Open Men's Doubles with his partner James Anderson. In the singles, Lowe beat Pat O'Hara Wood in torrid heat, with one of the best displays of groundstrokes seen in Melbourne up to that point in time.[4] He lost in the semi-finals to Eric Pockley.[5]

His brother Gordon Lowe was also a tennis player, and another brother John played first-class cricket.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: (2 losses)

ResultDateChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore'
Loss 1919 Grass 5–7, 1–6, 9–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 1921 Grass 3–6, 0–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 422.
  2. Web site: Arthur Lowe . Olympedia . 9 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Sports-Reference.com biography . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/arthur-lowe-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 3 May 2009.
  4. Web site: 27 Jan 1920 - Australian Championships. Trove.
  5. Web site: Australasian Open 1919. www.tennis.co.nf.