Sir Francis Gordon Lowe, 2nd Baronet (born 21 June 1884 in Edgbaston, England - died 17 May 1972) was a former British male tennis player.
Lowe is best remembered for winning the Australasian Championships in 1915, and for winning the World Covered Court Championships (Indoor) in 1920. Lowe also won Queen's Club in 1912, 1913 and 1925 (making him the only British player to win the event multiple times before the open era). His father, Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet, was a member of Member of Parliament, representing Birmingham Edgbaston. His brother Arthur Lowe was also a tennis player.
He was ranked World No. 8 in 1914 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.
In 1910 he won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, defeating his brother Arthur in the final in three straight sets. He won the singles title at Monte Carlo three times, in 1920, 1921 and 1923.
From 1932 to 1936 he was the editor of the Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual.
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Methinks at meals some odd thoughts might intrude,
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—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I call it our collective inheritance of isolation. We inherit isolation in the bones of our lives. It is passed on to us as sure as the shape of our noses and the length of our legs. When we are young, we are taught to keep to ourselves for reasons we may not yet understand. As we grow up we become the “men who never cry” and the “women who never complain.” We become another generation of people expected not to bother others with our problems.”
—Paula C. Lowe (20th century)