Colin Dowdeswell

Colin Dowdeswell

Colin Dowdeswell (born 12 May 1955 in London, England), is a former professional tennis player who represented, at different times, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.[1] During his time on the world tour, he won 1 singles titles and 11 doubles titles.[2] Perhaps the highlight of his career was reaching the men's doubles final of Wimbledon.

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Tennis career highlights

Partnering Australian Allan Stone, Dowdeswell finished runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon in 1975. Unseeded, after two straight sets wins, they defeated the No. 7 seeds Tom Okker and Marty Riessen in the round of sixteen in four sets. They did likewise in eliminating the No. 3 seeds, Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan, in the quarterfinals. It took Dowdeswell and Stone then five sets to overcome the unseeded team of Dick Crealy and Niki Pilic in the semi-finals. They lost the final to another unseeded tandem,Vitas Gerulaitis and Sandy Mayer, 5-7, 6-8, 4-6.[3]

Dowdeswell achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 in 1980.[2]

Grand Prix and WCT singles finals (4)

Titles (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1975 Istanbul, Turkey Outdoor United States Ferdi Taygan 61, 64, 62

Runner-ups (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1974 Dublin, Ireland Outdoor United States Sherwood Stewart 36, 89
2. 1978 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard United States Cliff Richey 26, 46
3. 1983 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard United States Johan Kriek 46, 64, 61, 57, 36

Grand Slam, Grand Prix, and WCT doubles finals (28)

Titles (11)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1974 Dublin, Ireland Outdoor South Africa John Yuill Argentina Lito Álvarez
Venezuela Jorge Andrew
63, 62
2. 1978 Sarasota, U.S. Carpet Australia Geoff Masters South Africa Byron Bertram
South Africa Bernard Mitton
26, 63, 62
3. 1978 Berlin, Germany Clay Germany Jürgen Fassbender Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Chile Hans Gildemeister
63, 64
4. 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Switzerland Heinz Günthardt South Africa Raymond Moore
Romania Ilie Năstase
63, 76
5. 1979 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Poland Wojtek Fibak
Czech Republic Pavel Složil
64, 62, 26, 64
6. 1980 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Egypt Ismail El Shafei Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick
64, 64
7. 1980 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay South Africa Frew McMillan New Zealand Chris Lewis
South Africa John Yuill
63, 64
8. 1983 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Hungary Zoltan Kuharszky Germany Peter Elter
Austria Peter Feigl
64, 75
9. 1985 Palermo, Italy Clay Sweden Joakim Nyström Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
64, 67, 76
10. 1985 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Christo van Rensburg Israel Amos Mansdorf
Israel Shahar Perkiss
36, 76, 64
11. 1986 Milan, Italy Carpet South Africa Christo Steyn South Africa Brian Levine
Australia Laurie Warder
63, 46, 61

Runner-ups (17)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1975 Birmingham, U.S. Carpet South Africa John Yuill Germany Jürgen Fassbender
Germany Karl Meiler
16, 63, 67
2. 1975 Wimbledon, London Grass Australia Allan Stone United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Sandy Mayer
57, 68, 46
3. 1975 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Australia Ken Rosewall Germany Jürgen Fassbender
Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
46, 79, 16
4. 1975 Istanbul, Turkey Outdoor United Kingdom John Feaver Australia Colin Dibley
Brazil Thomaz Koch
26, 26, 26
5. 1976 Nuremberg, Germany Carpet Australia Peter Kronk South Africa Frew McMillan
Germany Karl Meiler
67, 46
6. 1976 Barcelona, Spain Clay Australia Peter Kronk Poland Wojtek Fibak
Poland Jacek Niedzwiedzki
26, 36
7. 1976 Cologne, Germany Carpet United States Mike Estep South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
16, 63, 67
8. 1977 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay South Africa Bob Hewitt Germany Jürgen Fassbender
Germany Karl Meiler
46, 67
9. 1977 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Australia Chris Kachel United Kingdom Buster Mottram
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
67, 46
10. 1978 Lagos, Nigeria Clay Germany Jürgen Fassbender United States George Hardie
India Sashi Menon
36, 63, 57
11. 1978 Toronto, Canada Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
36, 67
12. 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Switzerland Heinz Günthardt South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
46, 36
13. 1983 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak Czech Republic Pavel Složil
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
76, 46, 26
14. 1983 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Hungary Zoltan Kuharszky Poland Wojtek Fibak
Czech Republic Pavel Složil
57, 26
15. 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak France Henri Leconte
France Pascal Portes
62, 67, 67
16. 1984 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Australia Peter Doohan
South Africa Brian Levine
36, 46
17. 1986 Nice, France Clay United States Gary Donnelly Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Czech Republic Pavel Složil
36, 64, 911

Davis Cup

Dowdeswell participated in one Davis Cup tie for Rhodesia in 1976, posting a 20 record in singles and an 01 record in doubles. He participated in six Davis Cup ties for the Great Britain from 1984 to 1986, posting an 02 record in singles and a 51 record in doubles.

Life outside of tennis

Dowdeswell completed his tennis career in 1986 and began a successful career in Financial Services and Private Banking with Merrill Lynch.[2] Married with three children,[2] he currently resides in Monaco[citation needed]. He has also resided in Wimbledon.[1]

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