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General First nameRobert Wilfred (Bob)
LastnameBaker
GenderMale
CountryAustralia
Date of birth1917-04-09
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date of death1985-07-03
Place of deathHobart, Tasmania, Australia


About

A Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, England, just after World War Two; gained his blue at lawn tennis while studying there. Married fellow Australian tennis player Alison Burton in Lincoln College Chapel, Oxford, in 1947. He was later Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania and then a leading litigious practitioner, taking silk in 1977. Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1969, when the Liberal-Centre Party coalition displaced the Labour Party in government; held the seat until 1979. Was teaching law at the School of Legal Practice at the University of Tasmania at the time of his death.

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Archive statistics Career1938 - 1948
Tournament wins0
Matches11
Match wins5


Tournaments Australian Hard Courts Championship - 1948 Tasmanian Championships - 1948 Wimbledon - 1946 North of England Hardcourts - 1946 Western Australia Championships - 1941 Tasmanian Championships - 1938