Bob Giltinan

Giltinan is best known for his run into the singles semi-finals of the 1977 Australian Open as a qualifier, where he would lose to [[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]] of Great Britain. This run matches the best performance of any male qualifier in a Grand Slam. His other notable singles Grand Slam performance was his loss to [[John Alexander (tennis)|John Alexander]] in four sets in the quarter-finals of the 1973 Australian Open.

Giltinan is best known for his run into the singles semi-finals of the 1977 Australian Open as a qualifier, where he would lose to [[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]] of Great Britain. This run matches the best performance of any male qualifier in a Grand Slam. His other notable singles Grand Slam performance was his loss to [[John Alexander (tennis)|John Alexander]] in four sets in the quarter-finals of the 1973 Australian Open.

Giltinan's best Grand Slam doubles forays include a three set loss with [[Syd Ball]] to [[Ross Case]] and [[Geoff Masters]] in the 1973 Australian Open final, after defeating the far more famous pairing of [[Tony Roche|Roche]]/[[John Newcombe|Newcombe]] 6–4, 5–7, 12–10 in the semi-finals. He and [[Syd Ball]] also reached the 1970 Australian Open semi-finals, falling to [[John Alexander (tennis)|John Alexander]] and [[Phil Dent]] 11–9 3–6, 4–6, 2–6.

Giltinan's best Grand Slam doubles forays include a three set loss with [[Syd Ball]] to [[Ross Case]] and [[Geoff Masters]] in the 1973 Australian Open final, after defeating the far more famous pairing of [[Tony Roche|Roche]]/[[John Newcombe|Newcombe]] in three sets in the semi-finals. He and [[Syd Ball]] also reached the 1970 Australian Open semi-finals, falling to [[John Alexander (tennis)|John Alexander]] and [[Phil Dent]] in four sets.

Giltinan won 2 doubles titles in his career. In 1978, he and [[Colin Dibley]] defeated [[Marcelo Lara]] and [[Eliot Teltscher]] at the 1978 [[Columbus Open]] in straight sets. Unlike his other titles, this was on clay. In 1979, Giltinan and [[Phil Dent]] defeated [[Ion Țiriac]] and [[Guillermo Vilas]] in the final of [[Hobart]]. Also notable is their defeat of [[Mark Edmondson]] and [[John Marks (tennis)|John Marks]] in the semi-finals.

Giltinan won 2 doubles titles in his career. In 1978, he and [[Colin Dibley]] defeated [[Marcelo Lara]] and [[Eliot Teltscher]] at the 1978 [[Columbus Open]] in straight sets. Unlike his other titles, this was on clay. In 1979, Giltinan and [[Phil Dent]] defeated [[Ion Țiriac]] and [[Guillermo Vilas]] in the final of [[Hobart]]. Also notable is their defeat of [[Mark Edmondson]] and [[John Marks (tennis)|John Marks]] in the semi-finals.