Bob Lutz (tennis)

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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.<ref name="TotalTennis2003"/> 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.

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.<ref>Past champions ojaitourney.org December 2012 Template:Webarchive</ref>

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).<ref name="who">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lutz was nominated for the ITF Tennis Hall of Fame thanks to these achievements.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Honors and personal life

He was inducted into the Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lutz, a 1971 graduate of the University of Southern California, was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2009.<ref name="ocr2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has been living in San Clemente, California since 1973 with his wife Sharon and their daughters Samantha and Allison.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

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

Career finals

Singles

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1968	U.S. Championships, Boston	Grass	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–4, 3–6, 10–8, 0–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1970	Manchester, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	6–2, 9–7
Win	2–1	1970	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	7–5, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	1971	Sacramento, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alex Olmedo	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	1971	Cologne WCT, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jeff Borowiak	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	1971	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–3	1972	Essen WCT, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Nikola Pilić	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	5–4	1972	Rome, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	5–5	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–7, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	5–6	1974	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–7
Win	6–6	1975	Tokyo WCT, Japan	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–7	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6–8	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–7, 2–6
Loss	6–9	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Loss	6–10	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6–11	1976	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Harold Solomon	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	6–12	1977	Ocean City, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–13	1977	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–14	1978	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–14	1978	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
Win	8–14	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pat DuPré	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win	9–14	1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Terry Rocavert	6–4, 6–3
Win	10–14	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–1
Win	11–14	1980	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Nick Saviano	6–4, 6–0
Loss	11–15	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	11–9, 6–1, 7–5
Win	2–0	1969	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	1970	Australian Open, Sydney	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–1	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–7, 2–6
Win	4–1	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Roy Barth Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	4–2	1971	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–3	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	5–4	1972	Louisville WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss	5–6	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6–7, 6–7
Win	6–6	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–4, 7–6
Win	7–6	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Win	8–6	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6, 6–0
Win	9–6	1974	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Win	10–6	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Other	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	10–7	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy Template:Flagicon Onny Parun	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	10–8	1974	Nottingham, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	4–6, 7–9
Loss	10–9	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–8, 4–6, 4–6
Win	11–9	1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–10	1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	def.
Win	12–10	1974	US Open, New York	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Patricio Cornejo Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–3
Win	13–10	1974	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Syd Ball	6–4, 7–6
Win	14–10	1975	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	15–10	1975	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	16–10	1975	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Mike Estep Template:Flagicon Russell Simpson	7–5, 7–6
Win	17–10	1975	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Win	18–10	1975	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win	19–10	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–4
Win	20–10	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–3
Win	21–10	1976	Rome WCT, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	21–11	1976	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	21–12	1976	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	4–6, 2–6
Win	22–12	1976	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	22–13	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win	23–13	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5
Loss	23–14	1977	Los Angeles PSW U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 4–6
Win	24–14	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	25–14	1977	Columbus, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	26–14	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
Win	27–14	1977	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore	6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Win	28–14	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–3
Win	29–14	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	29–15	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 3–6
Loss	29–16	1978	World Doubles WCT, Kansas City	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	7–6, 4–6, 0–6, 3–6
Win	30–16	1978	US Open, New York	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	30–17	1978	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	30–18	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	3–6, 2–6
Win	31–18	1979	Denver, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	7–6, 6–3
Win	32–18	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	32–19	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Win	33–19	1979	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John James Template:Flagicon Chris Kachel	6–4, 7–6
Win	34–19	1979	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	35–19	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Francisco González Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	6–3, 6–4
Loss	35–20	1979	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	35–21	1979	US Open, New York	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	2–6, 4–6
Win	36–21	1979	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Pat DuPré	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton Template:Flagicon Mark Turpin	6–3, 6–4
Loss	36–22	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pat DuPré	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon John Marks	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	37–22	1980	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Francisco González Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	38–22	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer	6–2, 7–5
Loss	38–23	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	39–23	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–3
Win	40–23	1980	US Open, New York	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	40–24	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	41–24	1980	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–2
Loss	41–25	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	42–25	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	42–26	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	42–27	1981	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek Template:Flagicon Larry Stefanki	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	42–28	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 3–6
Loss	42–29	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	42–30	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win	43–30	1982	Hartford WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Mike Cahill Template:Flagicon Tracy Delatte	7–6, 6–3

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