Justin Bower
South African tennis player
Country (sports) | South Africa |
---|---|
Residence | United States |
Born |
(
1978-05-23
)
23 May 1978
(age
45)
Johannesburg , South Africa |
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Plays | Left-handed |
Prize money | $166,067 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–7 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 180 (18 June 2001) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R ( 1999 ) |
Wimbledon | 2R ( 2000 ) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 170 (30 September 2002) |
Justin D. Bower (born 23 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa . [1]
Career
Bower took part in the main draw of three Grand Slam tournaments during his career. [2] He first appeared at the 1999 Australian Open , where he lost in the opening round to Andrei Medvedev . [2] In the 2000 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round, then lost to fourth seed Gustavo Kuerten . [2] He returned to Wimbledon two years later and got beaten in five sets by Stefan Koubek in the first round. [2]
The South African appeared in four Davis Cup ties for his country. [2] He won two of his seven singles rubbers, which were against Janko Tipsarević in 2001 and Vladimir Obradović the following year. [3]
He is a former co-owner of a tennis academy in Redmond, Washington, the Redmond Tennis Club.
In 2020, Bower published his first book, Mentally Tough Me.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 2000 | Binghamton , United States | Hard | Jeff Coetzee |
Lorenzo Manta
Laurence Tieleman |
6–3, 7–5 |
2. | 2002 | Gosford , Australia | Hard | Yves Allegro |
John Doran
Andrew Painter |
7–6 (9–7) , 3–6, 7–6 (7–5) |
3. | 2003 | Fergana , Uzbekistan | Hard | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
Alexey Kedryuk
Orest Tereshchuk |
3–6, 7–6 (7–0) , 6–4 |