Edward Vivian Bobb
{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
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|death_date =1974 (age 72)
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Edward Vivian Bobb (27 July 1902 – 1974) also known as E.V. Bobb{{cite book |last1=Majumdar |first1=Boria |last2=Mangan |first2=J. A. |title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present |date=13 September 2013 |publisher=Routledge |location=Oxford |isbn=978-1-317-99894-5 |page=120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&dq=EV+Bobb+Indian+tennis+player&pg=PA120 |language=en}} was an Indian tennis player who competed at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.{{cite web |title=Player Profile: E.V. Bobb |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/4bd15e06-8de2-4e4d-ac20-4bc56bd10b2b.html |website=www.wimbledon.com |publisher=AELTC |access-date=6 May 2023}} He was active from 1921 to 1940 and won 21 career singles titles.
Tennis career
Bobb played his first tournament at the 1921 All India Championships where he reached the final and secured his first singles title. He would go onto win five more national championships from 1926 to 1927, 1930, 1933 and 1937. Bobb was particularly successful during the 1930s in India.Majumdar In major tournaments he took part one time at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships where he reached the second round before losing to the American player Wilbur Coen in straight sets. That year he also played in Italy where he reached the final of the TC Juventus Torino Championship in Turin on clay, before losing to Mohammed Sleem in straight sets.
His other career singles highlights included winning multiple titles at the Western India Championships three times (1934, 1939–1940), the Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships four times (1934-1935, 1938, 1940). He won the Indian International Championships in 1929 and was a finalist in 1933. He played his final tournament at the 1940 Western India Championships.
Singles titles (21)
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| 1921 | Grass |{{flagicon|India|British}} Mohammed Sleem | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
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| 2.Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) (1929) | 1926 | Grass | {{flagicon|India|British}} Sri-Krishna Prasada | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
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| 3.Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) (1929) | 1927 | Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships | Grass |{{flagicon|India|British}} Raghubir Dayal |9-7 8-6 6-2 |
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| 4.Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) (1929) | 1927 | Grass | {{flagicon|India|British}} Dip Narain Kapoor | 5-7 7-5 8-6 6-3 |
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| 5.Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) (1929) | 1929 | India International Championships | Calcutta | Grass | {{flagicon|India|British}} Mohammed Sleem | 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
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| 6. | 1930 | Grass | {{flagicon|India|British}} Dip Narain Kapoor | 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-2 |
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| 7. | 1931 | United Provinces Championships | ? | {{flagicon|ENG}} Eric Burn Andreae | 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3 |
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| 8. | 1933 | Grass | {{flagicon|India|British}} Sohan Lal | 5-7 3-6 6-3 6-1 10-8 |
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| 9. | 1933 |North West India Championships |Grass |{{flagicon|India|British}} Mr. Daryanani |6-4 6-1 |
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| 10. | 1933 | Bandra Open |Clay |{{flagicon|India|British}} Janmeja Charanjiva | 6-0 6-3 |
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| 1933 | Parsi Gymkhana Open |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} John Edward Tew |6-3 7-5 |
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| 1934. |Bombay Hard Court Championships |Clay |{{flagicon|India|British}} Janmeja Charanjiva |5-7 7-5 6-0 |
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| 13. | 1934 |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} John Edward Tew |7-5 7-5 |
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| 14.Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) (1935) | 1935 |Bombay Hard Court Championships |Clay |{{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} A.C. Pereira |5-7 7-5 6-0 |
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| 1937 | Grass |{{flagicon|India|British}} Dip Narain Kapoor | 6-4 7-5 6-3 |
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| 16.Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) (1939) | 1938 | Parsi Gymkhana Open |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} Bernard Thomas Blake |6-3 2-6 6-4 |
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| 17. | 1938 |Bombay Hard Court Championships |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} Bernard Thomas Blake |9-7 2-6 6-3 |
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| 18. | 1939 |Clay |{{flagicon|India|British}} Syed Abdul Azim |3-6 6-1 6-3 |
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| 19. | 1940 |Clay |{{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} L.R. Pereira |7-5 6-2 |
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| 20. | 1940 |Bombay Hard Court Championships |Clay |{{flagicon|India|British}} Rasi Kumarasinhji |6-4 6-3 |
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| 21. | 1940 |Clay |{{flagicon|India|British}} Syed Abdul Azim |2-6 6-1 6-2 |
Military career
During World War II, Bobb joined the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve and served as a Paymaster Lieutenant in May 1939.{{cite book |title=The Navy List Bi Monthly via National Library of Scotland |date=October 1940 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |page=726 |url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92815818}} He rose to the rank of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander in June 1947.
Family
Bobb married Lorna Lois Williamson (b. 27 February 1909) in 1931.
References
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External links
- [https://www.wimbledon.com/en%20GB/draws%20archive/player%20profile/4bd15e06-8de2-4e4d-ac20-4bc56bd10b2b.html Wimbledon E. V. Bobb] – official player profile
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