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Bill Bowrey

AUS Age 82 Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1968–1975

Bill Bowrey represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 162. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 122–114 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

162 (May 5, 1975)

Elo peak

1748 (62nd percentile)

Singles record

122–114 (51.7%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Bill Bowrey's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
John Feaver	3-6 6-7	L	—	Match data	Mar 30, 1975*	R16	Jackson	ATP 250	Carpet
John Andrews	2-6 3-6 1-6	L	—	Match data	Dec 27, 1974*	R32	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Sachio Kato	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data	Dec 25, 1974*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
John Alexander	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 16, 1974	R32	Sydney International	ATP 250	Grass
Paul Mcnamee	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 16, 1974	R64	Sydney International	ATP 250	Grass

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Bill Bowrey's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Roger Taylor	0	6	6	Feb 23, 1972	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	0	5	5	Apr 28, 1972	H2H
Rod Laver	1	4	5	Apr 19, 1972	H2H
Marty Riessen	2	3	5	Apr 13, 1972	H2H
Charlie Pasarell	0	5	5	Mar 19, 1972	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Bill Bowrey singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Adelaide International
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Bill Bowrey career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	24	34	16	50	68.0%	—	—
1969	25	41	25	66	62.1%	—	—
1970	26	22	22	44	50.0%	—	—
1971	27	16	32	48	33.3%	—	—
1972	28	5	11	16	31.3%	—	—
1973	29	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
1974	30	3	3	6	50.0%	238	181
1975	31	1	2	3	33.3%	174	264
Career		122	114	236	51.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Bill Bowrey career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	24	2	3	5	40.0%	12	9	21	57.1%	20	3	23	87.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	34	16	50	68.0%
1969	25	4	2	6	66.7%	10	8	18	55.6%	27	13	40	67.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	41	25	66	62.1%
1970	26	5	5	10	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	14	10	24	58.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	22	22	44	50.0%
1971	27	5	8	13	38.5%	8	11	19	42.1%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	7	7	0.0%	16	32	48	33.3%
1972	28	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	6	6	0.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1973	29	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1974	30	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1975	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	17	21	38	44.7%	37	38	75	49.3%	68	36	104	65.4%	0	19	19	0.0%	122	114	236	51.7%

Advanced Stats

Bill Bowrey advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	24	1726	121.2	—	—	—	—	-243	-133	+146	65.7%	+1.05	3–5 (38%)	—	—	+1.49
1969	25	1703	119.4	—	—	—	—	-167	-43	+82	59.4%	+0.66	10–9 (53%)	—	—	+5.07
1970	26	1693	129.5	—	—	—	—	-157	-57	+96	48.8%	+0.07	6–8 (43%)	2–0	—	-0.04
1971	27	1659	132.3	—	—	—	—	-143	+31	+44	35.2%	-1.01	5–5 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	102.0	-5.86
1972	28	1652	123.5	—	—	—	—	-208	+92	+73	35.1%	-1.05	2–0	3–1 (75%)	—	-1.24
1973	29	1591	97.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.29	0–1	0–1	—	+0.01
1974	30	1596	104.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53.3%	+0.13	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	99.0	+0.47
1975	31	1561	96.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-0.50	—	0–1	—	+1.04
Career		1748	126.7	—	—	—	—	-170	-42	+97	51.5%	+0.13	27–30 (47%)	12–10 (55%)	98.7	+0.41

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Bill Bowrey Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	AO	W-L Win %
1968	24	—	—	R64	—	W	6–1 (86%)
1969	25	QF	R64	R32	R32	—	8–4 (67%)
1970	26	R16	—	R64	R32	—	3–3 (50%)
1971	27	R64	R32	R128	R32	—	4–4 (50%)
1973	29	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	31	R32	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		5–5 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	4–4 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	5–0 (100%)	22–14 (61%)

ATP 250

Bill Bowrey ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAR	ADE	CIN	DAL	HOU	MC	MEL	MIA	NAP	QUE	ITA	SPB	STO	WAS	BAR	BEC	BER	BER	BOL	BOM	BOS	BOU	BRI	BRU	CAR	CAS	CHA	CHA	CHI	COL	CUR	DEN	DUB	DUR	DUT	FOR	HAV	HEL	HOB	HOY	JAC	KIN	LA	LAS	LEI	QUE	LOU	LOU	LUG	MER	CAN	NEW	NEW	PAL	PER	PHI	QUE	RIC	SAL	SAN	SOU	SOU	SOU	ST.	SYD	SYD	TEH	TOR	U.S	VAN	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	24	W	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28–15 (65%)
1969	25	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	R32	—	QF	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	QF	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R64	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	33–21 (61%)
1970	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	19–19 (50%)
1971	27	—	QF	R64	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	—	R64	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	R32	12–28 (30%)
1972	28	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	5–11 (31%)
1973	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1974	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1975	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	2–3 (40%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	100–100 (50%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

162

Career-high date

May 5, 1975

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Bill Bowrey ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	30	—	—	—	—	—	238	255	—	—	—	202	181
1975	31	174	—	166	166	162	167	—	—	—	—	—	264

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Bill Bowrey's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Earl Butch Buchholz	USA	#156	1,942	179	98	81	54.7%	—	2	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Bertalan Csoknyai	HUN	#147	1,520	6	3	3	50.0%	—	0	1968–1974	Rivalries	Match log
Roberto Chavez	MEX	#172	1,571	24	11	13	45.8%	—	0	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Belkin	CAN	#128	1,770	132	75	57	56.8%	—	1	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Loup Rouyer	FRA	#133	1,701	136	67	69	49.3%	—	0	1968–1974	Rivalries	Match log
Istvan Gulyas	HUN	#128	1,795	125	66	59	52.8%	—	2	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Herb Fitzgibbon	USA	#128	1,683	84	46	38	54.8%	—	1	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Giuseppe Merlo	ITA	#158	1,540	25	10	15	40.0%	—	0	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Wilhelm Bungert	GER	#144	1,795	76	49	27	64.5%	—	1	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Shamil Tarpischev	RUS	#164	1,545	5	2	3	40.0%	—	0	1973–1974	Rivalries	Match log
Eugenio Castigliano	ITA	#145	1,600	34	15	19	44.1%	—	0	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Jim Osborne	USA	#211	1,811	238	118	120	49.6%	—	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Bill Bowrey?: Bill Bowrey is 82 years old, born on December 25, 1943.
Which country does Bill Bowrey represent?: Bill Bowrey represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
Does Bill Bowrey use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Bill Bowrey uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Bill Bowrey left-handed or right-handed?: Bill Bowrey plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Bill Bowrey won?: Bill Bowrey has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Bill Bowrey won?: TennisDB does not group any of Bill Bowrey's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Bill Bowrey won?: Bill Bowrey has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Adelaide in 1968.
What is Bill Bowrey's highest ATP ranking?: Bill Bowrey's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 162, first achieved on May 5, 1975.
What is Bill Bowrey's career win-loss record?: Bill Bowrey has a career ATP singles record of 122 wins and 114 losses (51.7%).
Which seasons of Bill Bowrey's career appear in TennisDB?: Bill Bowrey appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1975.
On which surface does Bill Bowrey have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Bill Bowrey's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 65.4% (68–36).
Who has Bill Bowrey faced most often?: Bill Bowrey's most frequent opponent is Roger Taylor, with a head-to-head record of 0–6 across 6 meetings.