Robert Booth (tennis)

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Robert Booth
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born Hampshire, England
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 549 (4 Jan 1981)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q2 (1980)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1981)

Robert Booth is a British former professional tennis player. [1]

Booth, a tall 196 cm player from Hampshire with a best singles world ranking of 549, made several attempts to qualify for the Wimbledon main draw during his career. In 1981 he qualified for the men's doubles main draw with Jörgen Windahl and they lost their first round match in five sets to the American pairing of Scott McCain and Steve Meister. [2]

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References

  1. "Booth's Best". Birmingham Daily Post . 17 May 1979. p. 22.
  2. "Tennis". Daily Mirror . 19 June 1981. p. 31.