What is Gordon Forbes?
'''Gordon Forbes ''' (21 February 1934 – 9 December 2020) was a [[South Africa]]n professional [[tennis]] player and author. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the [[doubles (tennis)|doubles]] partner of countryman [[Abe Segal]].<ref>{{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.}}</ref> He was born in [[Burgersdorp]], [[Cape Province]]. Forbes won the singles title of the [[South African Open (tennis)|South African Championships]] in 1959 and 1961 and was runner-up in 1955, 1962, 1963 and 1964. He played for the South African [[Davis Cup]] team in 14 ties in the period 1955 to 1963 and had a record of 20 wins and 11 losses. Forbes died of [[COVID-19]] on 9 December 2020 in [[Plettenberg Bay]], Cape Province at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://supersport.com/tennis/news/201210_Tennis_legend_and_author_Gordon_Forbes_passes_away_aged_86 |title=Tennis legend and author Gordon Forbes passes away aged 86 |access-date=2020-12-10 |archive-date=2020-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211165650/https://supersport.com/tennis/news/201210_Tennis_legend_and_author_Gordon_Forbes_passes_away_aged_86 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Gordon}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa]] [[Category:South African tennis players]] [[Category:Male tennis players]] {{sports-bio-stub}}