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Lesley Turner Bowrey

Australian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Lesley Turner Bowrey
AM
image	Lesley Turner 1964.jpg
caption	Turner in 1964
full_name	Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey
itf_name	Lesley Bowrey
country
birth_date	Lesley Rosemary Turner

birth_place	Trangie, New South Wales, Australia
plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
tennishofyear	1997
tennishofid	lesley-turner-bowrey
highestsinglesranking	No. 2 (1964)
AustralianOpenresult	F (1964, 1967)
FrenchOpenresult	W (1963, 1965)
Wimbledonresult	SF (1964)
USOpenresult	SF (1967)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1964, 1965, 1967)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	W (1964, 1965)
WimbledonDoublesresult	W (1964)
USOpenDoublesresult	W (1961)
Mixed	Yes
AustralianOpenMixedresult	W (1962, 1967)
FrenchOpenMixedresult	F (1962, 1963, 1964)
WimbledonMixedresult	W (1961, 1964)
USOpenMixedresult	F (1962)
Team	yes
FedCupresult	W (1964, 1965)

Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey, AM (née Turner; born 16 August 1942) is a retired professional 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

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.

Honours and awards

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.

Grand Slam finals

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	Career SR
Australia	QF	2R	3R	QF	SF	F	3R	3R	F	SF	2R	A	2R	A	3R	A	1R	QF	1R	A	A
France	A	A	4R	F	W	SF	W	A	F	A	SF	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	QF	4R	SF	QF	A	QF	QF	QF	A	4R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 10
United States	A	A	QF	4R	A	2R	A	A	SF	A	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	2 / 41

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

References

(16 August 2009). "Lesley Bowrey super service returned". [[News.com.au]].
(17 May 2012). "Aussies at Roland Garros – Lesley Turner 1965". [[Tennis Australia]].
"Hall of Fame – Lesley (Turner) Bowrey". [[Tennis Australia]].
"Lesley Bowrey". Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
"The Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award". USTA.
"Player Profiles – Lesley (Turner) Bowrey". Tennis Australia.
"The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List". Government House of The Commonwealth of Australia.

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