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Sir Francis Gordon Lowe, 2nd Baronet (born 21 June 1884 in Edgbaston, England - died 17 May 1972) was a former British male tennis player.
Lowe's best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1915. He also won the International Lawn Tennis Federation's World Covered Court Championship (Indoor) in 1920, and won the tournament at Queens Club in 1912, 1913 and 1925 (making him the only British player to win the event multiple times before the open era). His father, Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet, was a member of Member of Parliament, representing Birmingham Edgbaston.
References
- Bud Collins: Total Tennis - The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia (2003 Edition, ISBN 0-9731443-4-3).
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Categories:- Australasian Championships (tennis) champions
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- British male tennis players
- English tennis players
- People from Edgbaston
- 1884 births
- 1972 deaths
- British tennis biography stubs
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