Justin Bower

{{short description|South African tennis player}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Justin Bower | image = | caption = | country = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa | residence = United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|5|23}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.91}} | turnedpro = | plays = Left-handed | careerprizemoney = $166,067 | singlesrecord = 2–7 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 180 (18 June 2001) | AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1999) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (2000) | highestdoublesranking = No. 170 (30 September 2002) }}

'''Justin D. Bower''' (born 23 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa.<ref>[http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10012809 ITF Tennis profile]</ref>

==Career== Bower took part in the main draw of three Grand Slam tournaments during his career.<ref name=ATP>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Bo/J/Justin-Bower.aspx ATP World Tour profile]</ref> He first appeared at the 1999 Australian Open, where he lost in the opening round to Andrei Medvedev.<ref name=ATP/> In the 2000 Wimbledon Championships he defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round, then lost to fourth seed Gustavo Kuerten.<ref name=ATP/> He returned to Wimbledon two years later and got beaten in five sets by Stefan Koubek in the first round.<ref name=ATP/>

The South African appeared in four Davis Cup ties for his country.<ref name=ATP/> He won two of his seven singles rubbers, which were against Janko Tipsarević in 2001 and Vladimir Obradović the following year.<ref>[http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800194010 Davis Cup profile]</ref>

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)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !No. !Year !style="width:170px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |1. |2000 |Binghamton, United States |Hard |{{flagicon|RSA}} Jeff Coetzee |{{flagicon|SUI}} Lorenzo Manta {{flagicon|ITA}} Laurence Tieleman |6–3, 7–5 |- |2. |2002 |Gosford, Australia |Hard |{{flagicon|SUI}} Yves Allegro |{{flagicon|IRE}} John Doran {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Painter |7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |- |3. |2003 |Fergana, Uzbekistan |Hard |{{flagicon|PAK}} Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Alexey Kedryuk {{flagicon|UKR}} Orest Tereshchuk |3–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4 |}

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