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Bob Murray
Full nameRobert Dudley Murray
Country (sports) Canada
Born(1914-05-16)May 16, 1914
DiedJanuary 15, 1989(1989-01-15) (aged 74)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1936)
Wimbledon2R (1935)
US Open3R (1933, 1935, 1936)

Robert Dudley Murray (May 16, 1914 – January 15, 1989) was a Canadian tennis player.

A native of Montreal, Quebec, Murray won three intercollegiate team championships with McGill University. In 1935 he became the first Canadian win an international title, beating Ian Collins in the final of the Scottish Championships. He was Canada's top ranked player in 1937 and was runner-up at the Canadian Championships that year to American Walter Senior in five sets. In 1938 he played a Davis Cup tie for Canada against Japan in Montreal.[1]

InWorld War II, Murray fought with the Canadian forces in Normandy and later served as a special staff observer, attached to the U.S. Marine Corps in Hawaii. He didn't return to the tour after the war.[2]

Murray was a 1994 inductee into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Australia, Japan Win Davis Cup Matches". The Pittsburgh Press. July 31, 1938.
  • ^ "Active Tennis Days About Over Claims Former Star Bob Murray". Montreal Gazette. July 6, 1945.
  • ^ "Bob Murray". Tennis Canada. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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