Gordon Forbes

{{Short description|South African tennis player and author (1934–2020)}}

{{For|other people with the same name|Gordon Forbes (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use South African English|date=May 2012}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

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| country = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|02|21}}

| birth_place = Burgersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|09|1934|02|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Plettenberg Bay, Cape Province, South Africa

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| plays = Right-handed

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| singlesrecord = 342-217 (72%)

| singlestitles = 16

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| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1971)

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959)

| Wimbledonresult = 4R (1956)

| USOpenresult = QF (1962)

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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1962)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1963)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = SF (1963)

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| FrenchOpenMixedresult = W (1955)

| WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1962)

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| DavisCupresult = SF^Eu (1962, 1963)

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Gordon Forbes (21 February 1934 – 9 December 2020) was a South African professional tennis player and author. Forbes won the singles title of the South African Championships in 1959 and 1961 and was runner-up in 1955, 1962, 1963 and 1964. He won the Tuscaloosa Grass Court Invitational in 1962, defeating Rod Laver in the final. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the doubles partner of countryman Abe Segal. They were considered one of the best doubles teams in the world.{{cite book|last=Plimpton|first=George|title=The Norton Book of Sports|year=1992|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-03040-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nortonbookofspor00plim/page/205 205]|url=https://archive.org/details/nortonbookofspor00plim|url-access=registration|quote=Abe Segal.}}