Bob Lutz (tennis)

For other people with the same name, see Bob Lutz (disambiguation).

Robert Lutz (born August 29, 1947) is an American former amateur and a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. He and Stan Smith were one of the best doubles teams of all time. Bud Collins ranked Lutz as world No. 7 in singles in 1972.^[1] From 1967 to 1977, he was ranked amongst the top-10 American players eight times, with his highest ranking being No. 5 in both 1968 and 1970.

Bob Lutz

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1947-08-29) August 29, 1947 (age 77) San Clemente, California, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1970 (amateur from 1965)
Retired	1982
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,165,276
Singles
Career record	468–303 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1972, Bud Collins)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1971)
French Open	4R (1971)
Wimbledon	QF (1969)
US Open	4R (1967, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1982)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	SF (1976)
Doubles
Career record	494–215
Career titles	43
Highest ranking	No. 6 (April 30, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1970)
French Open	F (1974)
Wimbledon	F (1974, 1980, 1981)
US Open	W (1968, 1974, 1978, 1980)

Career

Lutz won the 1967 NCAA singles title, and with Stan Smith, won the NCAA doubles crown in 1967 and 1968. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1966.^[2]

During his career, he won 11 singles titles, the most important being the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships in 1972 and the Paris Masters in 1978. He reached 15 other singles finals, including Cincinnati in 1974. He won 43 doubles titles, 37 of which were won with Stan Smith, and he reached 30 other doubles finals. With Smith, he formed the only team to win the doubles title at U.S. Championships on four different surfaces (clay, grass, hard and indoor).^[3] His doubles titles include the US Open in 1980, 1978, 1974, and 1968; the Australian Open in 1970 and Cincinnati in 1969. In addition, he played on five winning Davis Cup teams between 1968 and 1981 and had a 14–2 record playing doubles.^[4] Lutz was nominated for the ITF Tennis Hall of Fame thanks to these achievements.^[5]

Honors and personal life

He was inducted into the Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984.^[6] Lutz, a 1971 graduate of the University of Southern California, was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2009.^[7][8] He has been living in San Clemente, California since 1973 with his wife Sharon and their daughters Samantha and Allison.^[9]

Career finals

Singles

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1968	U.S. Championships, Boston	Grass	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 3–6, 10–8, 0–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1970	Manchester, England	Grass	Tom Gorman	6–2, 9–7
Win	2–1	1970	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gorman	7–5, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	1971	Sacramento, U.S.	Hard	Alex Olmedo	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	1971	Cologne WCT, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Jeff Borowiak	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	1971	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–3	1972	Essen WCT, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Nikola Pilić	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	5–4	1972	Rome, Italy	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	5–5	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	6–7, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	5–6	1974	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–7
Win	6–6	1975	Tokyo WCT, Japan	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–7	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6–8	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–7, 2–6
Loss	6–9	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Loss	6–10	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6–11	1976	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Harold Solomon	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	6–12	1977	Ocean City, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–13	1977	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet (i)	Brian Gottfried	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–14	1978	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–14	1978	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
Win	8–14	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Pat DuPré	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win	9–14	1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
Win	10–14	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–1
Win	11–14	1980	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Nick Saviano	6–4, 6–0
Loss	11–15	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	2–6, 4–6

Doubles

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	1968	US Open, New York	Grass	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
Win	2–0	1969	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	1970	Australian Open, Sydney	Grass	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–1	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 2–6
Win	4–1	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Roy Barth Tom Gorman	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	4–2	1971	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Charlie Pasarell	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–3	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	Tom Gorman Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	5–4	1972	Louisville WCT, U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	John Alexander Phil Dent	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss	5–6	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Roy Emerson John Newcombe	6–7, 6–7
Win	6–6	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 7–6
Win	7–6	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Frew McMillan Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Win	8–6	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6, 6–0
Win	9–6	1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win	10–6	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Other	Stan Smith	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	10–7	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	10–8	1974	Nottingham, England	Grass	Stan Smith	Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen	4–6, 7–9
Loss	10–9	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–8, 4–6, 4–6
Win	11–9	1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–10	1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gorman	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	def.
Win	12–10	1974	US Open, New York	Grass	Stan Smith	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
Win	13–10	1974	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	John Alexander Syd Ball	6–4, 7–6
Win	14–10	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	15–10	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	16–10	1975	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Mike Estep Russell Simpson	7–5, 7–6
Win	17–10	1975	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Win	18–10	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win	19–10	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Vitas Gerulaitis Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–4
Win	20–10	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–3
Win	21–10	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	21–11	1976	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	21–12	1976	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	4–6, 2–6
Win	22–12	1976	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	22–13	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win	23–13	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5
Loss	23–14	1977	Los Angeles PSW U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 4–6
Win	24–14	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	25–14	1977	Columbus, US	Clay	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	26–14	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
Win	27–14	1977	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming Raymond Moore	6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Win	28–14	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Jan Kodeš Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–3
Win	29–14	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe John McEnroe	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	29–15	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 3–6
Loss	29–16	1978	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 4–6, 0–6, 3–6
Win	30–16	1978	US Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	30–17	1978	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	30–18	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 2–6
Win	31–18	1979	Denver, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	7–6, 6–3
Win	32–18	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	32–19	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Win	33–19	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Stan Smith	John James Chris Kachel	6–4, 7–6
Win	34–19	1979	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	35–19	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Francisco González Fred McNair	6–3, 6–4
Loss	35–20	1979	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	35–21	1979	US Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 4–6
Win	36–21	1979	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat DuPré	Steve Denton Mark Turpin	6–3, 6–4
Loss	36–22	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Pat DuPré	Mark Edmondson John Marks	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	37–22	1980	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Dick Stockton	Francisco González Fred McNair	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	38–22	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Wojciech Fibak Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
Loss	38–23	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	39–23	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Ilie Năstase Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–3
Win	40–23	1980	US Open, New York	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	40–24	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	41–24	1980	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–2
Loss	41–25	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	42–25	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	42–26	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	42–27	1981	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Johan Kriek Larry Stefanki	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	42–28	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 3–6
Loss	42–29	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	42–30	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win	43–30	1982	Hartford WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	Mike Cahill Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1968	US Open	Grass	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
Win	1970	Australian Open	Grass	Stan Smith	John Alexander Phil Dent	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1974	French Open	Clay	Stan Smith	Dick Crealy Onny Parun	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–8, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1974	US Open (2)	Clay	Stan Smith	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
Win	1978	US Open (3)	Hard	Stan Smith	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1979	US Open	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1980	US Open (4)	Hard	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6

References

1. Collins, Bud (2003). Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, p. 917.
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3. Emery, David, ed. (1983). Who's Who in International Tennis. London: Sphere. p. 74. ISBN 9780722133200.
4. "Davis Cup player profile". International Tennis Federation (ITF).
5. "International Tennis Hall Of Fame Announces Ballot Names For 2010 Induction". Archived from the original on October 6, 2011.
6. "ITA Men's Hall of Fame". Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
7. Mark Garcia (July 17, 2009). "San Clemente's Lutz to be inducted into tennis hall of fame". The Orange County Register.
8. "USC Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
9. "Tennis column: Q&A - Catching up with Bob Lutz". The Daily Courier. October 13, 2011.

External links

• Tennis portal

• Bob Lutz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bob Lutz at the International Tennis Federation
• Bob Lutz at the Davis Cup