Colin Dowdeswell is a former professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player who represented, at different times, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. During his time on the world tour, he won 1 singles titles and 11 doubles titles. Perhaps the highlight of his career was reaching the men's doubles final of Wimbledon.

Tennis career highlights

Partnering Australian Allan Stone

Allan Stone

----Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...

, Dowdeswell finished runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon in 1975. Unseeded, after two straight sets wins, they defeated the No. 7 seeds Tom Okker

Tom Okker

Thomas S. Okker is a former Dutch tennis player. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world # 3 in 1969. He also was ranked World # 1 in doubles in 1969.-Tennis career:Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through...

 and Marty Riessen

Marty Riessen

Marty Riessen played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings...

 in the round of sixteen in four sets. They did likewise in eliminating the No. 3 seeds, Bob Hewitt

Bob Hewitt

Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...

 and Frew McMillan

Frew McMillan

Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...

, in the quarterfinals. It took Dowdeswell and Stone then five sets to overcome the unseeded team of Dick Crealy

Dick Crealy

Richard Crealy is a former Australian tennis player most notable for reaching the finals of the Australian Open in 1970, being a member of the 1970 Australian Davis Cup Team and winning four Grand Slam titles in doubles....

 and Niki Pilic in the semi-finals. They lost the final to another unseeded tandem,Vitas Gerulaitis

Vitas Gerulaitis

Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was a Lithuanian–American professional tennis player. He is known for winning the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Gerulaitis won the tournament held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament...

 and Sandy Mayer

Sandy Mayer

Alexander "Sandy" Mayer is a former tennis player from the United States, who won ten titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles during his professional career. He was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973....

, 5-7, 6-8, 4-6.

Dowdeswell achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 in 1980.

Titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	Outdoor	Ferdi Taygan Ferdi Taygan Ferdi Taygan , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Taygan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 19 times. Partnering Sherwood Stewart, Taygan won the 1982 French Open...	6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	Dublin, Ireland	Outdoor	Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No...	3–6, 8–9
2.	1978	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... , South Africa	Hard	Cliff Richey Cliff Richey Cliff Richey played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the brother of fellow player Nancy Richey....	2–6, 4–6
3.	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Johan Kriek Johan Kriek Johan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...	4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Titles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	Dublin, Ireland	Outdoor	John Yuill John Yuill (tennis) John Yuill , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :...	Lito Álvarez    Jorge Andrew Jorge Andrew Jorge Andrew , is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up at 3 doubles events...	6–3, 6–2
2.	1978	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Geoff Masters Geoff Masters Geoff Masters is a former Australian tennis player.-Tennis tour career:In 1977 Masters and Ross Case won the doubles in Wimbledon.-Doubles titles :-Post-tennis playing career:...	Byron Bertram Byron Bertram Byron Bertram , is a former professional tennis player from South AfricaBertram attended Parktown Boys' High School. During his career he won 1 tour doubles title. His career high singles ranking was World No...     Bernard Mitton Bernard Mitton Bernard Mitton, born 9 November 1954 is a professional male tennis player in both singles and doubles from the Republic of South Africa. He was born in Vryburg, South Africa....	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	1978	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...	Željko Franulović Željko Franulovic Željko Franulović is a former Croatian tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia, best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1970 where he lost against Czech Jan Kodeš in straight sets...     Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister Bohner , is a former Chilean tennis player of German ancestry, who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. He is the brother of Heinz and Fritz Gildemeister, who are also tennis players...	6–3, 6–4
4.	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Heinz Günthardt Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980....	Raymond Moore Raymond Moore (tennis) Raymond Moore , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. During his career he won 8 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 12 times...     Ilie Năstase Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase is a Romanian former professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 tennis player between 1973 and 1974 . He is one of the five players in history to win more than 100 ATP professional titles . He was inducted into the...	6–3, 7–6
5.	1979	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Frew McMillan Frew McMillan Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...	Wojtek Fibak    Pavel Složil Pavel Složil Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
6.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ismail El Shafei Ismail El Shafei Ismail El-Shafei was the Head of Egyptian Tennis Federation and Member of International Tennis Federation. El Shafei is the only Egyptian player to enter Top 40 in Grand Prix/ATP ranking history...	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....     Kim Warwick Kim Warwick Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...	6–4, 6–4
7.	1980	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Frew McMillan	Chris Lewis    John Yuill John Yuill (tennis) John Yuill , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :...	6–3, 6–4
8.	1983	Tel Aviv ATP Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999... , Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	Hard	Zoltan Kuharszky Zoltan Kuharszky Zoltán Kuharszky is a former Hungarian tennis player who became a Swiss citizen in 1995. Kuharszky won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...	Peter Elter Peter Elter Peter Elter , is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.During his career Elter did not win any singles titles but finished runner-up on 3 occasions. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 51 in 1982.-Singles runner-ups :-External links:...     Peter Feigl Peter Feigl Peter Feigl is a former Austrian professional tennis player.Feigl is best known for being a quarter-finalist in the 1978 Australian Open.-Singles titles :-References:...	6–4, 7–5
9.	1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Joakim Nyström Joakim Nyström Joakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No...	Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....     Emilio Sánchez Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
10.	1985	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Christo van Rensburg Christo Van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...	Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player.His best singles world ranking of 18 was the highest ever for any male, Israeli tennis player, reached in November 1987. His best doubles world ranking was 67, reached in May 1986.-Early life:...     Shahar Perkiss Shahar Perkiss Shahar Perkiss is an Israeli right-handed 6' 4" former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:A year after first picking up a tennis racket, Perkiss ranked # 1 in Israel in the age 10 and under ranks....	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
11.	1986	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Christo Steyn Christo Steyn Christo Steyn , is a former South African tennis player. Steyn won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...	Brian Levine Brian Levine Brian Levine , is a former South African tennis player. Levine won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...     Laurie Warder Laurie Warder Laurie Warder is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Runner-ups (17)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Birmingham ATP Birmingham The ATP Birmingham was a men's tennis tournament played in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 1973 until 1980. The inaugural event was held on outdoor hard courts, and all the other editions were played on indoor carpet. The tournament was a part of the World Championship Tennis series in 1977 & 1978... , U.S.	Carpet	John Yuill John Yuill (tennis) John Yuill , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :...	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...     Karl Meiler Karl Meiler Karl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...	1–6, 6–3, 6–7
2.	1975	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... , London	Grass	Allan Stone Allan Stone ----Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...	Vitas Gerulaitis Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was a Lithuanian–American professional tennis player. He is known for winning the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Gerulaitis won the tournament held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament...     Sandy Mayer Sandy Mayer Alexander "Sandy" Mayer is a former tennis player from the United States, who won ten titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles during his professional career. He was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973....	5–7, 6–8, 4–6
3.	1975	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ken Rosewall Ken Rosewall Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...     Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Hans-Jürgen Pohmann is a former professional tennis player from Germany.During his career, Pohmann won 2 singles and 5 doubles titles on the ATP Tour. he was a commentator for the German television network RBB.-Singles :...	4–6, 7–9, 1–6
4.	1975	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	Outdoor	John Feaver John Feaver John Feaver is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom.Feaver enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title and finished runner-up another 9 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	Colin Dibley Colin Dibley Colin Dibley is a former tennis player from Australia.Dibley once held the title for the fastest serve in the world at 148 m.p.h. During his professional career, he also won four singles and seventeen doubles titles...     Thomaz Koch Thomaz Koch Thomaz Koch , is a left-handed former tennis player from Brazil, who won two gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the 1967 Pan American Games....	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
5.	1976	Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664... , Germany	Carpet	Peter Kronk	Frew McMillan Frew McMillan Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...     Karl Meiler Karl Meiler Karl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...	6–7, 4–6
6.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Peter Kronk	Wojtek Fibak    Jacek Niedzwiedzki	2–6, 3–6
7.	1976	Cologne Cologne Grand Prix The Cologne Grand Prix was a tennis tournament held in Cologne, Germany, between 1976 and 1986. The tournament was a part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit for male tennis players.-Singles:-Doubles:*1981 doubles results not included on ATP website... , Germany	Carpet	Mike Estep Mike Estep Mike Estep is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During his career Estep won 2 singles titles and 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in 1973 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	Bob Hewitt Bob Hewitt Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...     Frew McMillan Frew McMillan Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...	1–6, 6–3, 6–7
8.	1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Bob Hewitt Bob Hewitt Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...     Karl Meiler Karl Meiler Karl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...	4–6, 6–7
9.	1977	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Chris Kachel Chris Kachel Chris Kachel , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Kachel enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :...	Buster Mottram Buster Mottram Christopher Mottram is a former English tennis player, who achieved a highest lifetime ranking of fifteenth in the world.Mottram represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup eight times...     Roger Taylor	6–7, 4–6
10.	1978	Lagos ATP Lagos The Lagos Open is a defunct WCT, Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1976 to 1991. It was held in Lagos in Nigeria and played on outdoor clay courts from 1976 to 1980, then on outdoor hard courts from 1981 to 1991.... , Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...	George Hardie    Sashi Menon Sashi Menon Sashi Menon , is a former professional tennis player from India. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :...	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
11.	1978	Toronto Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... , Canada	Clay	Heinz Günthardt Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980....	Wojtek Fibak    Tom Okker Tom Okker Thomas S. Okker is a former Dutch tennis player. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world # 3 in 1969. He also was ranked World # 1 in doubles in 1969.-Tennis career:Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through...	3–6, 6–7
12.	1980	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... , South Africa	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Bob Hewitt Bob Hewitt Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...     Frew McMillan Frew McMillan Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...	4–6, 3–6
13.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Pavel Složil Pavel Složil Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....     Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
14.	1983	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Zoltan Kuharszky Zoltan Kuharszky Zoltán Kuharszky is a former Hungarian tennis player who became a Swiss citizen in 1995. Kuharszky won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...	Wojtek Fibak    Pavel Složil Pavel Složil Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....	5–7, 2–6
15.	1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Henri Leconte Henri Leconte Henri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.-Biography and career:...     Pascal Portes Pascal Portes Pascal Portes , is a former professional tennis player from France. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in 1981 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 118 in 1984.-Singles Runner-ups :-Doubles titles :-External links:...	6–2, 6–7, 6–7
16.	1984	Tel Aviv ATP Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999... , Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	Hard	Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...	Peter Doohan Peter Doohan Peter Doohan is a former tennis player from Australia, who won one singles title and five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 3 August 1987, when he became the number 43 of the world...     Brian Levine Brian Levine Brian Levine , is a former South African tennis player. Levine won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...	3–6, 4–6
17.	1986	Nice ATP Nice The ATP Nice Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series and, formerly, Grand Prix tennis circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament... , France	Clay	Gary Donnelly Gary Donnelly Gary Donnelly is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Donnelly still lives in Phoenix with his five children and wife, where he is a club pro at the Scottsdale Arizona Inn....	Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...     Pavel Složil Pavel Složil Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....	3–6, 6–4, 9–11

Davis Cup

Dowdeswell participated in one Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 tie for Rhodesia in 1976, posting a 2–0 record in singles and an 0–1 record in doubles. He participated in six Davis Cup ties for the Great Britain from 1984 to 1986, posting an 0–2 record in singles and a 5–1 record in doubles.

Life outside of tennis

Dowdeswell completed his tennis career in 1986 and began a successful career in Financial Services and Private Banking with Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...

. Married with three children, he currently resides in Monaco. He has also resided in Wimbledon

Wimbledon

Wimbledon may refer to:* Wimbledon, London, a suburb in south-west London where the tennis championships are held** Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, a former borough** Wimbledon...

.

External links

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