Gordon Lowe

Sir Francis Gordon Lowe, 2nd Baronet (21 June 1884 – 17 May 1972) was a British male tennis player.

Lowe is best remembered for winning the Australasian Championships in 1915 (where he beat champion Horace Rice in the final). and for winning the World Covered Court Championships (Indoor) in 1920. Lowe also won Queen's Club in 1912, 1913 and 1925. His father, Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet, was a Member of Parliament, representing Birmingham Edgbaston. In 1929 Lowe became Sir Gordon Lowe, succeeding his father to the baronetcy. Gordon's brother Arthur Lowe was also a tennis player and another brother, John, played first-class cricket.

He was ranked World No. 8 in 1914 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.

From 1932 to 1936 he was the editor of the Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1915Australasian Championships Grass Horace Rice 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (3 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1912 Australasian Championships Grass Alfred Beamish James Cecil Parke Charles Dixon 4–6, 4–6, 2–6Loss 1915 Australasian Championships Grass Bert St. John Horace Rice Clarence V. Todd 6–8, 4–6, 9–7, 3–6Loss 1921 Wimbledon Grass Arthur Lowe Randolph Lycett Max Woosnam 3–6, 0–6, 5–7

Personal life Lowe served in the First World War with the British Indian Army in Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1919.