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Bob Hewitt
Bob Hewitt (1967)
Full nameRobert Anthony John Hewitt
Country (sports) Australia
 South Africa
ResidenceEastern Cape, South Africa
Born (1940-01-12) 12 January 1940 (age 84)
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro1970 (amateur from 1958)
Retired1983
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$613,837 (Open era)
Int. Tennis HoF1992
Suspended in 2012
Expelled in 2016
Singles
Career record243–170 (Open era)
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 6 (1967, Lance Tingay)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1960, 1962, 1963)
French Open4R (1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967)
WimbledonQF (1962, 1964, 1966)
US OpenQF (1967)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1972)
Doubles
Career record481–124
Career titles65
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1 March 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1963, 1964)
French OpenW (1972)
WimbledonW (1962, 1964, 1967, 1972, 1978)
US OpenW (1977)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1977)
Mixed doubles
Career titles6
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1961)
French OpenW (1970, 1979)
WimbledonW (1977, 1979)
US OpenW (1979)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1974)

Robert Anthony John Hewitt (born 12 January 1940) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In 1967, after marrying a South African, he became a South African citizen.[2] He has won 15 major titles and a career Grand Slam in both men's and mixed doubles.

In 2015, he was convicted of rape and sexual assault of girls he was coaching in the 1980s and 1990s; Hewitt was sentenced to six years in jail, and was subsequently expelled from the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Early life

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Hewitt was born and grew up in Dubbo, Australia, 400 kilometres west of Sydney.[3][4] In the 1970s, he and his South African wife Dalaille (née Nicholas) moved to Johannesburg, South Africa.[4][5][6][7] He is now a South African citizen.[2][8]

Career

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Hewitt's most significant accomplishment was winning all Grand Slam doubles titles, both in men's and mixed doubles (US Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open and French Open),[2] and being central to South Africa's only Davis Cup title in 1974. This victory was controversial, as India boycotted the final on the orders of their government due to South Africa's apartheid policies and their effect on the ethnic Indian community of the country.

Hewitt achieved seven titles in singles and 65 in doubles.[2] He was ranked world No. 6 in 1967 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.[2] In 1992, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, but he was suspended from the Hall in 2012 and expelled in 2016 after his convictions of rape and sexual assault.[2][9][10]

Grand Slam doubles finals

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Doubles (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1961 Wimbledon Australia Fred Stolle Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
4–6, 8–6, 4–6, 8–6, 6–8
Loss 1962 Australian Championships Australia Fred Stolle Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 9–11
Win 1962 Wimbledon Australia Fred Stolle Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win 1963 Australian Championships Australia Fred Stolle Australia Ken Fletcher
Australia John Newcombe
6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 1964 Australian Championships Australia Fred Stolle Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Ken Fletcher
6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12
Win 1964 Wimbledon (2) Australia Fred Stolle Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Ken Fletcher
7–5, 11–9, 6–4
Loss 1965 French Championships Australia Ken Fletcher Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Fred Stolle
8–6, 3–6, 6–8, 2–6
Loss 1965 Wimbledon Australia Ken Fletcher Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1967 Wimbledon (3) South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Ken Fletcher
6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Win 1972 French Open South Africa Frew McMillan Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1
Win 1972 Wimbledon (4) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Stan Smith
United States Erik van Dillen
6–2, 6–2, 9–7
Win 1977 US Open South Africa Frew McMillan United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 6–0
Winner 1978 Wimbledon (5) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Win 1961 Australian Championships Australia Jan Lehane O'Neill Australia Mary Carter Reitano
Australia John Pearce
9–7, 6–2
Loss 1963 Wimbledon United States Darlene Hard Australia Margaret Court
Australia Ken Fletcher
9–11, 4–6
Win 1970 French Open United States Billie Jean King France Françoise Dürr
France Jean-Claude Barclay
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 1977 Wimbledon South Africa Greer Stevens Netherlands Betty Stöve
South Africa Frew McMillan
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 1979 French Open (2) Australia Wendy Turnbull Romania Virginia Ruzici
Romania Ion Țiriac
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win 1979 Wimbledon (2) South Africa Greer Stevens Netherlands Betty Stöve
South Africa Frew McMillan
7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Win 1979 US Open South Africa Greer Stevens Netherlands Betty Stöve
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–3, 7–5

Open-era doubles finals

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Wins (54)

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Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1970 Washington, D.C., U.S. Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
7–5, 6–0
Loss 1. 1970 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 1970 Hamburg, Germany Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Netherlands Tom Okker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
6–3, 7–5, 6–2
Win 3. 1972 Bournemouth, England Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
7–5, 6–2
Win 4. 1972 French Open, Paris Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 2. 1972 Hamburg, Germany Clay Romania Ion Țiriac Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win 5. 1972 Bristol, England Grass South Africa Frew McMillan United States Clark Graebner
Australia Lew Hoad
6–3, 6–2
Win 6. 1972 Wimbledon, London Grass South Africa Frew McMillan United States Stan Smith
United States Erik van Dillen
6–2, 6–2, 9–7
Win 7. 1972 Tanglewood, U.S. Clay Rhodesia Andrew Pattison United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne
6–4, 6–4
Win 8. 1972 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay South Africa Frew McMillan United States Paul Gerken
Venezuela Humphrey Hose
7–6, 6–4
Win 9. 1972 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
6–2, 6–3
Win 10. 1972 Albany, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
Sweden Björn Borg
6–4, 6–2
Loss 3. 1974 Little Rock, U.S. Carpet United States Vitas Gerulaitis West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
0–6, 2–6
Win 11. 1974 Washington WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
7–6, 6–3
Win 12. 1974 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan France Pierre Barthès
Romania Ilie Năstase
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 13. 1974 Munich WCT, Germany Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan France Pierre Barthès
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–2, 7–6
Win 14. 1974 Johannesburg WCT, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Jim McManus
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
6–2, 6–4, 7–6
Win 15. 1974 World Doubles WCT, Montreal Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Owen Davidson
Australia John Newcombe
6–2, 6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4. 1974 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan South Africa Raymond Moore
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 5. 1974 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 16. 1974 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
7–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 17. 1975 Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Spain José Higueras
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–2, 6–2
Win 18. 1975 Munich WCT, Germany Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Italy Corrado Barazzutti
Italy Antonio Zugarelli
6–3, 6–4
Win 19. 1975 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay South Africa Frew McMillan United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–3, 6–2
Loss 6. 1975 Johannesburg WCT, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
3–6, 2–6
Loss 7. 1975 Tehran, Iran Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Spain Juan Gisbert
Spain Manuel Orantes
5–7, 7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win 20. 1975 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Roscoe Tanner
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 21. 1976 Columbus WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker
7–6, 6–4
Win 22. 1976 Baltimore WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Cliff Richey
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 8. 1976 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Rod Laver
United States Dennis Ralston
6–7, 6–7
Win 23. 1976 Montreal, Canada Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Spain Juan Gisbert
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–2, 6–1
Loss 9. 1976 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet United States Brian Gottfried United States Dick Stockton
United States Roscoe Tanner
3–6, 4–6
Loss 10. 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Poland Wojtek Fibak
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 11. 1976 Barcelona, Spain Clay South Africa Frew McMillan United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–7, 4–6
Win 24. 1976 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 4–0 RET
Win 25. 1976 Cologne, Germany Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
United States Mike Estep
6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Win 26. 1976 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 27. 1977 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 12. 1977 Little Rock, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Colin Dibley
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win 28. 1977 Springfield, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
7–6, 6–2
Win 29. 1977 San Jose, U.S. Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Tom Gorman
Australia Geoff Masters
6–2, 6–3
Win 30. 1977 Palm Springs, U.S. Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Marty Riessen
United States Roscoe Tanner
7–6, 7–6
Win 31. 1977 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Erik van Dillen
6–2, 6–0
Win 32. 1977 La Costa, U.S. Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Ray Ruffels
Australia Allan Stone
6–4, 6–2
Win 33. 1977 Los Angeles PSW, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6–3, 6–4
Win 34. 1977 Jackson, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Phil Dent
Australia Ken Rosewall
6–2, 7–6
Loss 13. 1977 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 35. 1977 Hamburg, Germany Clay West Germany Karl Meiler Australia Phil Dent
Australia Kim Warwick
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 14. 1977 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
4–6, 6–7
Loss 15. 1977 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay United States Roscoe Tanner Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
3–6, 6–7
Win 36. 1977 Montreal, Canada Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 37. 1977 US Open, New York City Clay South Africa Frew McMillan United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 6–0
Loss 16. 1977 Tehran, Iran Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win 38. 1977 Madrid, Spain Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Spain Antonio Muñoz
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 17. 1977 Barcelona, Spain Clay South Africa Frew McMillan Poland Wojtek Fibak
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
0–6, 4–6
Win 39. 1977 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan Poland Wojtek Fibak
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
6–4, 6–3
Win 40. 1977 Cologne, Germany Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–3, 7–5
Win 41. 1978 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Sandy Mayer
6–4, 6–4
Win 42. 1978 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Sandy Mayer
6–3, 7–5
Win 43. 1978 St. Louis WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–3, 6–2
Loss 18. 1978 Palm Springs, U.S. Hard South Africa Frew McMillan South Africa Raymond Moore
United States Roscoe Tanner
4–6, 4–6
Win 44. 1978 Denver, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–3, 6–2
Win 45. 1978 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Geoff Masters
7–5, 7–6
Loss 19. 1978 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Chile Álvaro Fillol
Chile Jaime Fillol
3–6, 6–7
Win 46. 1978 London/Queen's Club, England Grass South Africa Frew McMillan United States Fred McNair
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–2, 7–5
Win 47. 1978 Wimbledon, London Grass South Africa Frew McMillan United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 20. 1978 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Australia Kim Warwick Australia Mark Edmondson
Netherlands Tom Okker
4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win 48. 1978 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay United States Arthur Ashe United States Fred McNair
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4
Loss 21. 1978 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 22. 1978 Cologne, Germany Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
3–6, 2–6
Loss 23. 1978 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Peter Fleming
South Africa Raymond Moore
3–6, 6–7
Win 49. 1979 Båstad, Sweden Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia John Marks
6–2, 6–2
Loss 24. 1979 Toronto, Canada Hard Switzerland Heinz Günthardt United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Win 50. 1979 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4
Win 51. 1979 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 52. 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Mike Cahill
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 53. 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Zimbabwe Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
6–4, 6–3
Win 54. 1980 Munich, Germany Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Australia David Carter
New Zealand Chris Lewis
7–6, 6–1
Loss 25. 1980 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) South Africa Frew McMillan South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Allegations and conviction of sexual assault and rape

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Bob Hewitt
Born
Robert Anthony John Hewitt
Criminal statusParoled
Conviction(s)23 March 2015 (guilty plea)
Criminal chargeChild grooming
Sexual activity with a minor
Penalty6 years imprisonment (served 3 years 6 months and 22 days)

In 2011, a six-month investigation by The Boston Globe disclosed allegations from one adult woman who was coached as a girl by Hewitt's assistant coach.[11] The investigation was prompted by the revelations of a former student in March 2011,[12] who claimed that, beginning in the 1970s, Hewitt abused or harassed her when she was as young as 10 years old. Interviews with contemporaries in the United States and South Africa indicated that there had been no rumours about misconduct by Hewitt at the time of the alleged events. The South African Tennis Union investigated after 1992, but no legal action was taken against Hewitt.[11]

The Boston Globe's investigation and report of the victim prompted the request and was followed up by a letter signed by his alleged victim asking for his removal from the Hall of Fame. A November 2011 investigative piece by Mary Carillo of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel includes interviews with the alleged victim and others who claim that Hewitt abused them. Hewitt did not agree to be interviewed for the piece.

In May 2012, Hewitt's one-time mixed doubles partner Billie Jean King spoke to the Washingtonian, saying "I don't feel good about Bob Hewitt. I played mixed with him. We won the French Open together in 1970. I'm not happy. I am very upset."[13] On 15 November 2012, after months of investigation, Hewitt lost his place in the International Tennis Hall of Fame: "His legacy ceases to exist in the Hall of Fame", said Mark Stenning, executive director of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. "As of today, his plaque will be removed from the Hall of Fame. His name will be removed from our website and all other materials, and from the perspective of the Hall of Fame, he is suspended from the Hall of Fame."[14][15] On 6 April 2016, Hewitt was officially expelled from the Tennis Hall of Fame.[16]

Conviction

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Hewitt was charged in June 2014 with rape of two underage students in the 1980s and 1990s, and went on trial in 2015.[17][18][19] On 23 March 2015, Hewitt was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault of minors by the South Gauteng High Court in South Africa, and was sentenced in May to an effective six years in jail.[20][21][22] One of his victims was 13 in 1980 when Hewitt, who was her tennis coach, raped her.[23] Heather Crowe Conner of West Newbury was a 14-year-old in 1975 when Hewitt began raping her.[23] Another victim was 12 in 1982 when Hewitt assaulted her during a tennis lesson.[23]

Hewitt was released on parole in April 2020. At the time Hewitt had served three years, six months and 22 days of his six-year sentence.[24]

References

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  1. ^ United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 428.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Grasso 2011, p. 135.
  3. ^ South African Panorama. South African Information Service. 1973.
  4. ^ a b "Bob Hewitt sentenced to six years' jail for rape and sexual assault of underage girls in South Africa" - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  5. ^ Bud Collins; Zander Hollander (1994). Bud Collins' Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-8103-9443-8.
  6. ^ World Tennis. CBS Publications. 1981.
  7. ^ "Ex-tennis champion Bob Hewitt jailed for rape in South Africa". ABC News. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  8. ^ Huntsdale, Justin (17 March 2011). "Tennis great Bob Hewitt returns to Dubbo". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Ex-tennis star Bob Hewitt guilty of raping girls in South Africa". Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Tennis Hall of Fame removes Bob Hewitt – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  11. ^ a b Hohler, Bob (28 August 2011). "Tennis star trailed by allegations of abuse". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  12. ^ Solis, Jennifer (24 March 2011). "Ex-board member recounts sexual assaults". Daily News. Newburyport, Massachusetts. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  13. ^ "A Conversation With Billie Jean King | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  14. ^ Bob Hohler (15 November 2012). "Tennis Hall of Fame removes Bob Hewitt". The Boston Globe.
  15. ^ "Abuse claims cost former tennis champion Bob Hewitt his place in sport's Hall of Fame". The Australian. 16 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Ex-tennis champ Bob Hewitt's appeal on rape conviction rejected". USA TODAY. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Bob Hewitt found guilty of rape". News24. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Ex-tennis star charged with rape". BBC News. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  19. ^ Laing, Aislinn (9 June 2016). "Tennis champion Bob Hewitt loses child rape appeal". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  20. ^ Bob Hewitt found guilty of rape | News24
  21. ^ Bob Hewitt gets effective six years in jail
  22. ^ Tennis champion Bob Hewitt loses child rape appeal
  23. ^ a b c Former tennis star Bob Hewitt ordered imprisoned – The Boston Globe
  24. ^ "Convicted rapist Bob Hewitt released on parole". News24. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

Reference bibliography

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  • Grasso, John (2011). "Hewitt, Robert Anthony John "Bob"". Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Historical Dictionaries of Sports. Scarecrow Press. pp. 135–136. ISBN 9780810872370.
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