Gordon Forbes

Gordon Forbes
Country (sports)South Africa South Africa
Born(1934-02-21)21 February 1934
Burgersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa
Died9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 86)
Plettenberg Bay, Cape Province, South Africa
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record342-217 (72%)
Career titles16
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1971)
French Open3R (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959)
Wimbledon4R (1956)
US OpenQF (1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1962)
French OpenF (1963)
WimbledonSF (1963)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1955)
WimbledonQF (1962)
Team competitions
Davis CupSFEu (1962, 1963)

Gordon Forbes (21 February 1934 – 9 December 2020) was a South African professional tennis player and author. Forbes won the singles title of the South African Championships in 1959 and 1961 and was runner-up in 1955, 1962, 1963 and 1964. He won the Tuscaloosa Grass Court Invitational in 1962, defeating Rod Laver in the final. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the doubles partner of countryman Abe Segal. They were considered one of the best doubles teams in the world.[1]

  1. ^ Plimpton, George (1992). The Norton Book of Sports. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 205. ISBN 978-0-393-03040-2. Abe Segal.