| Bill Gilmour | |
| Fullname: | Bill Gilmour Sr. |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1934 |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (1954, 1955, 1956) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1955) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | QF (1955) |
Bill Gilmour, (born 9 August 1934) is an Australian former tennis player of the 1950s.
A native of Sydney, Gilmour attended Canterbury High School and excelled in swimming as a youth, breaking two of Olympian Bruce Bourke's school backstroke records.[1]
In 1953 he won Australia's junior tennis championships, beating Mal Anderson in the final.[2] Later in the year he took a set off an albeit injured Vic Seixas when they met at the Victorian championships.[3]
On his senior main draw debut at the Australian Championships in 1954, Gilmour won his first round match over Bill Talbert, who was at the time the U.S. Davis Cup captain.[4]
In 1955 he was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon with Daphne Seeney.[5]
Gilmour began working as a tournament referee in the 1970s, featuring in the Davis Cup and Grand Prix tennis circuit.[6]
His son, Bill Jr, was a professional tennis player.[7]