Richard Neville Hawkes (29 November 1940 – 6 August 2001) was a New Zealand judge and tennis player. Hawkes had a sporting background, with his father a New Zealand Universities rugby representative and his mother an all-round sportsperson from Taranaki. He was active on the international tour in the 1960s, featuring in the singles main draws of the

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and US Open. In 1968 he represented the

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in a 1968 tie against Yugoslavia in Zagreb, partnering

Brian Fairlie Brian Fairlie (born 13 June 1948), is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. During his career from 1968 to 1979, he won four titles in doubles, all with the Egyptian player Ismail El Shafei, and 10 singles titles in the Open era (and at lea ...

in the doubles rubber. He scored an upset win over former American Davis Cup captain

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at the 1970 New Zealand Open. A graduate of

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, Hawkes was admitted as a New Zealand barrister in 1968 and relocated to Hong Kong during the late 1970s. He became a Hong Kong District Judge in 1991 and was appointed

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in 1999, a role he held for two years before retiring due to ill health. Hawkes married squash player Julie Lamb and they raised their four children in Hong Kong (three daughters and one son). One of their children is

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squash gold medalist

Jaclyn Hawkes Jaclyn Hawkes (born 3 December 1982 in Hong Kong) is a New Zealand professional squash (sport), squash player. Hawkes grew up in Hong Kong and lived there until she was 15 when she moved to New Zealand. She started playing squash aged five ...

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