Bob Lutz (tennis)

Bob Lutz

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1947-08-29) August 29, 1947 San Clemente, California
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1970 (amateur tour from 1965)
Retired	1982
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,165,276
Singles
Career record	393–266
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1972, Bud Collins)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1971)
French Open	4R (1971)
Wimbledon	QF (1969)
US Open	4R (1967, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1982)
Doubles
Career record	494–215
Career titles	43
Highest ranking	No. 6 (April 30, 1977)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1970)
French Open	F (1974)
Wimbledon	F (1974, 1980, 1981)
US Open	W (1968, 1974, 1978, 1980)

Robert Lutz (born August 29, 1947) is a former amateur and professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. He and his longtime partner Stan Smith were one of the best doubles teams of all time. Bud Collins ranked Lutz as World No. 7 in 1972.^[1] Between 1967 and 1977 he was ranked among the top-10 American players 8 times, with his highest ranking being No. 5 in both 1968 and 1970.

Career

Lutz won the 1967 NCAA singles title and, partnering Stan Smith, won the NCAA doubles crown in 1967 and 1968.

During his career he won nine singles titles, the most important being the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships in 1972 and the Paris Masters in 1978, and reached 15 other singles finals, including Cincinnati in 1974. He also won 43 doubles titles, 37 of which were won partnering Stan Smith, and reached 30 other doubles finals. With Smith he formed the only team to win the doubles title at U.S. Championships on four different surfaces (clay, grass, hard and indoor).^[2] His doubles titles include the US Open in 1980, 1978, 1974, and 1968, the Australian Open in 1970 and Cincinnati in 1969. In addition, he played on five winning Davis Cup teams between 1968 and 1981 and had a 14–2 record playing doubles.^[3] Lutz was nominated for the ITF Tennis Hall of Fame thanks to these achievements.^[4]

Honors and personal life

He was inducted into the Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984.^[5] Lutz, a 1971 University of Southern California graduate, was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2009.^[6][7] He has been living in San Clemente since 1973 with his wife, Sharon, and their two daughters, Samantha and Allison.^[8]

Career finals

Singles (9 titles, 15 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1968	US Am. Championships, Boston	Grass	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 3–6, 10–8, 0–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1971	Sacramento, US	Hard	Alex Olmedo	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	1971	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Jeff Borowiak	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1971	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1972	Boston WCT, US	Hard	Tom Okker	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1972	Essen WCT, Germany	Carpet	Nikola Pilić	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	1972	Rome WCT, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	1973	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–7, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1974	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–7
Winner	4.	1975	Tokyo WCT, Japan	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1975	Columbus, US	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	1976	Maui, US	Hard	Harold Solomon	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	1977	Ocean City, US	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	1977	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	1978	Columbus, US	Clay	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	1978	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	6.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	1980	Columbus, US	Hard	Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	1980	Stowe, US	Hard	Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	1980	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Nick Saviano	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	15.	1983	Tampa, US	Carpet	Johan Kriek	2–6, 4–6

Doubles (43 titles, 30 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1968	US Open, New York	Grass	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	2.	1969	Cincinnati, US	Clay	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	1970	Australian Open, Sydney	Grass	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	1970	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	1970	Berkeley, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Roy Barth Tom Gorman	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1971	Dallas WCT, US	Carpet	Charlie Pasarell	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	Tom Gorman Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1972	Philadelphia WCT, US	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	1972	Louisville WCT, US	Clay	Arthur Ashe	John Alexander Phil Dent	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	1972	Boston WCT, US	Hard	Arthur Ashe	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	Roy Emerson John Newcombe	6–7, 6–7
Winner	6.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 7–6
Winner	7.	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Frew McMillan Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet	Stan Smith	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6, 6–0
Winner	9.	1974	Atlanta WCT, US	Clay	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	10.	1974	New Orleans WCT, US	Other	Stan Smith	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	7.	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	1974	Nottingham, England	Grass	Stan Smith	Charlie Pasarell Erik Van Dillen	4–6, 7–9
Runner-up	9.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–8, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	1974	Boston, US	Clay	Stan Smith	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1974	Columbus, US	Hard	Tom Gorman	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	DEF
Winner	12.	1974	US Open, New York	Grass	Stan Smith	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
Winner	13.	1974	San Francisco, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Syd Ball	6–4, 7–6
Winner	14.	1975	Fort Worth WCT, US	Hard	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	15.	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	16.	1975	Houston, US	Clay	Stan Smith	Mike Estep Russell Simpson	7–5, 7–6
Winner	17.	1975	Washington D.C., US	Clay	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	18.	1975	Columbus, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	19.	1976	Indianapolis WCT, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Vitas Gerulaitis Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–4
Winner	20.	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–3
Winner	21.	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	1976	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	1976	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	4–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	1976	Los Angeles, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	1977	Memphis, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	23.	1977	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	14.	1977	Los Angeles PSW, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	24.	1977	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	25.	1977	Columbus, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	26.	1977	Maui, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
Winner	27.	1977	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Raymond Moore	6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Winner	28.	1978	Springfield, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Jan Kodeš Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–3
Winner	29.	1978	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe John McEnroe	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	15.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Stan Smith	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	1978	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 4–6, 0–6, 3–6
Winner	30.	1978	US Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	17.	1978	San Francisco, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 2–6
Winner	31.	1979	Denver, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 6–3
Winner	32.	1979	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	19.	1979	New Orleans, US	Carpet	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Winner	33.	1979	Newport, US	Grass	Stan Smith	John James Chris Kachel	6–4, 7–6
Winner	34.	1979	Columbus, US	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	35.	1979	Cleveland, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Francisco González Fred McNair	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	1979	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	21.	1979	US Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 4–6
Winner	36.	1979	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat Du Pré	Steve Denton Mark Turpin	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	22.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	Mark Edmondson John Marks	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	37.	1980	Tulsa, US	Hard (i)	Dick Stockton	Francisco González Fred McNair	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner	38.	1980	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Wojtek Fibak Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	23.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	39.	1980	Stowe, US	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Ilie Năstase Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–3
Winner	40.	1980	US Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	24.	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, US	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner	41.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	25.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	42.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	26.	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	1981	Stowe, US	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Johan Kriek Larry Stefanki	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	28.	1981	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Stan Smith	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	29.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, US	Clay	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	30.	1982	La Costa WCT, US	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	43.	1982	Hartford WCT, US	Carpet	Dick Stockton	Mike Cahill Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1968	US Open	Grass	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	1970	Australian Open	Grass	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1974	French Open	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up	1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–8, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1974	US Open (2)	Clay	Stan Smith	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1978	US Open (3)	Hard	Stan Smith	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1979	US Open	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1980	US Open (4)	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1980	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1981	US Open (2)	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Bob Lutz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bob Lutz at the International Tennis Federation
• Bob Lutz at the Davis Cup