Justin Bower

Justin D. Bower (born 23 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1]

Justin Bower

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	United States
Born	(1978-05-23) 23 May 1978 (age 47) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$166,067
Singles
Career record	2–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 180 (18 June 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 170 (30 September 2002)

Career

Bower took part in the main draw of three Grand Slam tournaments during his career.^[2] He first appeared at the 1999 Australian Open, where he lost in the opening round to Andrei Medvedev.^[2] In the 2000 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round, then lost to fourth seed Gustavo Kuerten.^[2] He returned to Wimbledon two years later and got beaten in five sets by Stefan Koubek in the first round.^[2]

The South African appeared in four Davis Cup ties for his country.^[2] He won two of his seven singles rubbers, which were against Janko Tipsarević in 2001 and Vladimir Obradović the following year.^[3]

He is a former co-owner of a tennis academy in Redmond, Washington, the Redmond Tennis Club.

In 2020, Bower published his first book, Mentally Tough Me.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2000	Binghamton, United States	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman	6–3, 7–5
2.	2002	Gosford, Australia	Hard	Yves Allegro	John Doran Andrew Painter	7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
3.	2003	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk	3–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4