Harold Adair Nisbet (22 June 1873 – 12 March 1937) was a British lawn tennis player who was active at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
During his career he reached four doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championships (1896, 1898, 1899, 1900) as well as the doubles final at the U.S. National Championships in 1897. In singles, Nisbet reached the all-comers final of the U.S. National Championships in 1897 (losing to Wilberforce Eaves) and the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1896 (losing in five sets to Harold Mahony) and 1900 (losing to Sydney Smith in straight sets).[2]
harold, nisbet, harold, adair, nisbet, june, 1873, march, 1937, british, lawn, tennis, player, active, 19th, century, beginning, 20th, century, full, nameharold, adair, nisbetcountry, sports, united, kingdomborn, 1873, june, 1873kilburn, englanddied12, march, . Harold Adair Nisbet 22 June 1873 12 March 1937 was a British lawn tennis player who was active at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century Harold NisbetFull nameHarold Adair NisbetCountry sports United KingdomBorn 1873 06 22 22 June 1873Kilburn EnglandDied12 March 1937 1937 03 12 aged 63 London EnglandSinglesCareer record77 34 69 3 1 Career titles5 1 Grand Slam singles resultsWimbledonSF 1896 1900 US OpenF 1897 DoublesGrand Slam doubles resultsWimbledonF 1896 1898 1899 1900 US OpenF 1897 During his career he reached four doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championships 1896 1898 1899 1900 as well as the doubles final at the U S National Championships in 1897 In singles Nisbet reached the all comers final of the U S National Championships in 1897 losing to Wilberforce Eaves and the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1896 losing in five sets to Harold Mahony and 1900 losing to Sydney Smith in straight sets 2 Contents 1 Grand Slam finals 1 1 Singles 1 final 1 1 1 All Comers 1 2 Doubles 5 runner ups 2 ReferencesGrand Slam finals editSingles 1 final edit All Comers edit Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Loss 1897 U S Championships Grass nbsp Wilberforce Eaves 5 7 3 6 2 6 Doubles 5 runner ups edit Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 1896 Wimbledon Grass nbsp Reginald Doherty nbsp Wilfred Baddeley nbsp Herbert Baddeley 6 1 6 3 4 6 2 6 1 6 Loss 1897 U S Championships Grass nbsp Harold Mahony nbsp Leo Ware nbsp George Sheldon 13 11 2 6 7 9 6 1 1 6 Loss 1898 Wimbledon Grass nbsp Clarence Hobart nbsp Reginald Doherty nbsp Laurence Doherty 4 6 4 6 2 6 Loss 1899 Wimbledon Grass nbsp Clarence Hobart nbsp Reginald Doherty nbsp Laurence Doherty 5 7 0 6 2 6 Loss 1900 Wimbledon Grass nbsp Herbert Roper Barrett nbsp Reginald Doherty nbsp Laurence Doherty 7 9 5 7 6 4 6 3 3 6References edit a b Harold Nisbet Career match record thetennisbase com Tennismem SL Collins Bud 2010 The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2nd ed New York New Chapter Press p 435 ISBN 978 0942257700 nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to British tennis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harold Nisbet amp oldid 1192325878, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
