# Bob Siska

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{{short description|American tennis player and motorsport driver (born 1942)}}
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| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|01}}
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| Wimbledonresult = 2R ([1963](/source/1963_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| USOpenresult = 3R ([1959](/source/1959_U.S._National_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
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'''Robert Siska''' (born December 1, 1942) is an American former [tennis](/source/tennis) player and [motorsport](/source/motorsport) driver.

A left-handed player from [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), Siska made the singles third round of the [1959 U.S. National Championships](/source/1959_U.S._National_Championships_(tennis)) as a teenager and competed on the international tour through the 1960s. He featured in the [Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon_Championships) singles main draw four times and won his first round match in 1963, over [Ion Țiriac](/source/Ion_%C8%9Airiac).<ref>{{cite news |title=Bob Siska Scores At Wimbledon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/458294093 |work=[The San Francisco Examiner](/source/The_San_Francisco_Examiner) |date=June 26, 1963}}</ref>

At the tournament now known as the [Cincinnati Masters](/source/Cincinnati_Masters), he reached the round of 16 in singles in 1965.

Siska, who worked in [real estate](/source/real_estate), financed his own career in [motor racing](/source/motor_racing) after tennis. He competed in several seasons of the [Atlantic Championship](/source/Atlantic_Championship) and later in the [Formula Renault](/source/Formula_Renault). His best race result in the Atlantic Championship was a tenth-place finish (from 35 cars) at [Laguna Seca Raceway](/source/WeatherTech_Raceway_Laguna_Seca).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Bruce |title=Champ Car World Series / Old tennis star's passion for racing |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/CHAMP-CAR-WORLD-SERIES-Old-tennis-star-s-2651543.php |work=[SFGATE](/source/SFGATE) |date=July 31, 2005}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siska, Bobby}}
Category:1942 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male tennis players
Category:Tennis players from San Francisco
Category:Racing drivers from San Francisco
Category:Atlantic Championship drivers
Category:Formula Renault 2.0 WEC drivers
Category:Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Inter Europol Competition drivers
Category:V de V Challenge Monoplace drivers

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