Wilberforce Eaves
Died | 10 February 1920 London, England | (aged 52)|||||||||||
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Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 341–96 (78.3%)[1] | |||||||||||
Career titles | 39[1] | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1895AC, 1896AC, 1897AC) | |||||||||||
US Open | F (1897Ch) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
Biography
Eaves was born in Melbourne, Australia, son of William and Eunice Eaves of St Kilda, Victoria.[4]
He reached the Men's Singles All-Comers' final at the Wimbledon Championships in 1895 and lost against Wilfred Baddeley despite having had a match point in the third set. In 1897 he became the first non-American to reach the final in the U.S. National Singles Championships. He lost the final in five sets to American Robert Wrenn.[5] He was particularly successful on clay courts at the Dinard International tournament in Brittany, France organized by the Dinard Lawn Tennis Club where he won that title ten times between (1894-1896) and (1902-1909).[6][7]
Eaves won the
Qualified as a doctor of medicine, he served as a civil surgeon in the
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1897 | U.S. Championships |
Grass | Robert Wrenn | 6–4, 6–8, 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
See also
- World number one male tennis player rankings
References
- ^ a b "Wilberforce Eaves: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "Wilberforce Eaves". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Wilberforce Eaves Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ a b Captain Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves CWGC casualty record.
- ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. London: Baily bros. 1920. p. 139.
- ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Dinard". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- PMC 2337269.
- ^ "Commemorative Roll - Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 3 June 2012.