Sir Francis Gordon Lowe, 2nd Baronet (21 June 1884 – 17 May 1972) was a British
male tennis player.
Lowe is best remembered for winning the
Australasian Championships in 1915 (where he beat champion
Horace Rice in the final).
and for winning the
World Covered Court Championships (Indoor) in 1920. Lowe also won
Queen's Club in 1912, 1913 and 1925. His father,
Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet, was a
Member of Parliament, representing
Birmingham Edgbaston. In 1929 Lowe became Sir Gordon Lowe, succeeding his father to the baronetcy. Gordon's brother
Arthur Lowe was also a tennis player and another brother,
John
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, played
first-class cricket
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.
He was ranked World No. 8 in 1914 by
A. Wallis Myers of
The Daily Telegraph
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In 1910 he won the singles title at the
British Covered Court Championships, played at the
Queen's Club in London, defeating his brother
Arthur
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in the final in three straight sets. He won the singles title at
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three times, in 1920, 1921, 1923 and the
South of France Championships in 1923. He also competed at the
1912 Summer Olympics
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and the
1920 Summer Olympics
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.
From 1932 to 1936 he was the editor of the Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 title)
Doubles (3 runner-ups)
References
*
Bud Collins: ''Total Tennis - The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia'' (2003 Edition, ).
External links
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Tennis trophies go under the hammer
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1884 births
1972 deaths
20th-century English sportsmen
Australasian Championships (tennis) champions
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
British male tennis players
English male tennis players
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
Olympic tennis players for Great Britain
People from Edgbaston
Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Tennis players from the West Midlands (county)