Bill Gilmour Sr.

Bill Gilmour
Full name	Bill Gilmour Sr.
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	9 August 1934
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1954, 1955, 1956)
Wimbledon	2R (1955)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1955)

Bill Gilmour, OAM (born 9 August 1934) is an Australian former tennis player of the 1950s.

Biography

A native of Sydney, Gilmour attended Canterbury High School and excelled in swimming as a youth, breaking two of Olympian Bruce Bourke's school backstroke records.^[1]

In 1953 he won Australia's junior tennis championships, beating Mal Anderson in the final.^[2] Later in the year he took a set off an albeit injured Vic Seixas when they met at the Victorian championships.^[3]

On his senior main draw debut at the Australian Championships in 1954, Gilmour won his first round match over Bill Talbert, who was at the time the U.S. Davis Cup captain.^[4]

In 1955 he was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon with Daphne Seeney.^[5]

Gilmour began working as a tournament referee in the 1970s, featuring in the Davis Cup and Grand Prix tennis circuit.^[6]

His son, Bill Jr, was a professional tennis player.^[7]

References

^ "World Of Sport". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 30 November 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Rosewall and Hoad Champions". Cairns Post. No. 15, 868. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Beat Gilmour; happy about injured knee". Sunday Mail. 29 November 1953. p. 32. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "U.S. Cup Chief 'Threw' Match". The Daily News. 23 January 1954. p. 7 (Sports). Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Bill Gilmour". wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023.
^ Trembath, Murray (30 October 2017). "'Happy Gilmour' brings lots of smiles". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.
^ "Top fields for ACT Open". The Canberra Times. 23 September 1981. p. 46. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Bill Gilmour Sr. at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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[1] "World Of Sport". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 30 November 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Rosewall and Hoad Champions". Cairns Post. No. 15, 868. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Beat Gilmour; happy about injured knee". Sunday Mail. 29 November 1953. p. 32. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "U.S. Cup Chief 'Threw' Match". The Daily News. 23 January 1954. p. 7 (Sports). Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Bill Gilmour". wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023.

[6] Trembath, Murray (30 October 2017). "'Happy Gilmour' brings lots of smiles". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.

[7] "Top fields for ACT Open". The Canberra Times. 23 September 1981. p. 46. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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