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| name = Gordon Forbes | image = | caption = | fullname = | country = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934|02|21}} | birth_place = Burgersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = | college = | turnedpro = | retired = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | tennishofyear = | tennishofid = | website = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1971) | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959) | Wimbledonresult = 4R (1956) | USOpenresult = QF (1962) | Othertournaments = | MastersCupresult = | WTAChampionshipsresult = | Olympicssresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | grandslamsdoublesresults = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1962) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1963) | WimbledonDoublesresult = SF (1963) | USOpenDoublesresult = | OthertournamentsDoubles = | MastersCupDoublesresult = | WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult = | OlympicsDoublesresult = | Mixed = | mixedtitles = | mixedrecord = | AustralianOpenMixedresult = | FrenchOpenMixedresult = W (1955) | WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1962) | USOpenMixedresult = | Team = yes | DavisCupresult = SFEu (1962, 1963) }}Gordon Forbes (born 21 February 1934 Cape Town, South Africa) is a former South African professional tennis player and author. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the doubles partner of countryman Abe Segal. Together, they were considered one of the best doubles teams in the world.[1] CareerForbes learnt to play tennis in his childhood on the family farm. At age 12 he played and won his first junior tournament in East London.[2] 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 played for the South African Davis Cup team in 14 ties in the period 1955 to 1963 and compiled a record of 20 wins and 11 losses. After retiring from tennis, Forbes wrote three books about his experiences as a player, his contemporaries in the sport and other tennis topics.[3][4][5] Grand Slam finalsDoubles (1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles (1 title)
Bibliography
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Plimpton|first=George|title=The Norton Book of Sports|year=1992|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-03040-2|pages=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u9lbduSl48MC&lpg=PA206&dq=%22Abe%20Segal%22&pg=PA205#v=onepage&q=%22Abe%20Segal%22&f=false}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Forbes|first=Gordon|title=A Handful of Summers|year=1997|publisher=HarperCollins|location=London|isbn=9780007291304|page=22|edition=1st American}} 3. ^{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Brook|title=Sports Books in Brief|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/08/books/sports-books-in-brief-369411.html|accessdate=13 June 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 June 1997}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=New York Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner: A Handful of Summers by Gordon Forbes|url=http://newyorktennismagazine.com/article3419/new-york-tennis-magazine%E2%80%99s-literary-corner-handful-summers-gordon-forbes|publisher=New York Tennis Magazine|author=Brent Shearer|date=September 6, 2011}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=SA’s raconteur racquet man aces another memoir|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/books/2017-11-07-sas-raconteur-racquet-man-aces-another-memoir/|accessdate=16 November 2017|publisher=Business Day|author=David Southey|date=November 7, 2017}} External links
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