Bob Carmichael

Bob Carmichael

Wimbledon 1985, Over 35's Doubles
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	4 July 1940 Melbourne, Australia
Died	18 November 2003(2003-11-18) (aged 63) Melbourne, Australia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1963)
Retired	1979
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	170–224 (Open era)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 10 (1970, world's top 10)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1973)
French Open	4R (1968)
Wimbledon	QF (1970)
US Open	4R (1971)
Doubles
Career record	312–215 (Open era)
Career titles	12
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1975)
French Open	SF (1971, 1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1977)
US Open	SF (1977)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1970)

Bob "Nails" Carmichael (4 July 1940 – 18 November 2003) was an Australian tennis player and coach.

As a player, Carmichael won one singles title and 12 doubles titles, and achieved a top-ten ranking in 1970. Partnering Allan Stone, he reached the doubles final of the 1975 Australian Open.

Following his retirement in 1979, Carmichael was a coach for Tennis Australia, and the Australian Institute of Sport. He coached top-ranking professionals Patrick Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, Darren Cahill and Leander Paes.

Open Era career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title / 4 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1969	Haverford, US	Grass	Cliff Richey	4–6, 9–7, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1970	Charlotte, US	Clay	Cliff Richey	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 1970	South Orange, US	Grass	Rod Laver	4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Mar 1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Allan Stone	7–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–4	Apr 1976	Sacramento, US	Carpet (i)	Tom Gorman	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 34 (12 titles / 22 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1970	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Owen Davidson	Arthur Ashe Stan Smith	0–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	1–1	Nov 1970	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ray Ruffels	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	7–5, 6–2, 5–7, 6–7, 6–3
Win	2–1	Mar 1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Ray Ruffels	Brian Fairlie Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	May 1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	Ray Ruffels	John Newcombe Tony Roche	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Jul 1971	Washington WCT, US	Clay	Ray Ruffels	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 2–6
Win	3–3	Aug 1971	South Orange, US	Hard	Tom Leonard	Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	4–3	Feb 1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Ray Ruffels	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	5–3	Apr 1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Ray Ruffels	John Alexander Terry Addison	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	5–4	Dec 1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Terry Addison	John Newcombe Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Jun 1973	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Frew McMillan	Tom Gorman Erik van Dillen	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5–6	Jul 1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Frew McMillan	Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–7	Jul 1973	Bretton Woods, US	Clay	Frew McMillan	Rod Laver Fred Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win	6–7	Aug 1973	Tanglewood, US	Other	Frew McMillan	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–7	Aug 1973	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Frew McMillan	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–8	Sep 1973	Seattle, US	Hard	Frew McMillan	Tom Gorman Tom Okker	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win	8–8	Oct 1973	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Jimmy Connors Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Loss	8–9	Oct 1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	3–6, 0–6
Loss	8–10	Nov 1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	8–11	Jan 1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Allan Stone	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7
Win	9–11	Jan 1975	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Ray Ruffels	Brian Fairlie Onny Parun	7–6, ret.
Loss	9–12	Apr 1975	Denver WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Allan Stone	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	9–13	May 1975	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	John Alexander Phil Dent	1–6, 4–6
Loss	9–14	Nov 1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Gene Mayer	Tom Okker Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–15	May 1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Raymond Moore	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	9–16	Oct 1976	Perth, Australia	Hard	Ismail El Shafei	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	10–16	Nov 1976	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–16	Nov 1976	Bangalore, India	Clay	Ray Ruffels	Chiradip Mukerjea Bhanu Nunna	6–2, 7–6
Loss	11–17	Mar 1978	Miami, US	Carpet (i)	Brian Teacher	Tom Gullikson Gene Mayer	6–7, 3–6
Win	12–17	Jul 1978	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
Loss	12–18	Jul 1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	12–19	Dec 1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Hank Pfister Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–20	Mar 1979	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet (i)	Brian Teacher	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	12–21	Apr 1979	Stuttgart, West Germany	Hard (i)	Brian Teacher	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	12–22	Sep 1979	Woodlands Doubles, US	Hard	Tim Gullikson	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 2–2 ret.

References

External links

• Bob Carmichael at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bob Carmichael at World Tennis
• Bob Carmichael at Tennis Australia