Gordon Forbes

Country
Born	February 21, 1934 (1934-02-21) (age 77) Cape Town
Singles
Grand Slam results
Wimbledon	1/16
US Open	1/4
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1/16
French Open	Finalist (1)
Wimbledon	1/32
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	Winner (1)

Gordon Forbes born February 21, 1934 Cape Town, South Africa is a former South African professional tennis player and author.

During the 1950s and 60s, he was the doubles partner of Abe Segal. Together, they were considered one of the best doubles teams in the world.^[1]

After retiring from tennis, Forbes wrote two books about his experiences as a player, and about his contemporaries in the sport.^[2]

Titles

• US Open: Quarter finalist 1962

Books

• A Handful of Summers. 1979. ISBN 9780831743628. 
• Too Soon To Panic. 1995. ISBN 9780670863297. 

References

1. ^ Plimpton, George (1992). The Norton Book of Sports. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 205. ISBN 9780393030402. http://books.google.com/books?id=u9lbduSl48MC&lpg=PA206&dq=%22Abe%20Segal%22&pg=PA205#v=onepage&q=%22Abe%20Segal%22&f=false. 
2. ^ Allen, Brook (8 June 1997). "Sports Books in Brief". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/08/books/sports-books-in-brief-369411.html. Retrieved 13 June 2010. 

External links

Gordon Forbes at the International Tennis Federation

Tennis portal

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Name	Forbes, Gordon
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Date of birth	1934-02-21
Place of birth	Cape Town
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