Wilberforce Vaughan EavesMBE (10 December 1867 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom.[2] At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament.[3]
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]
Qualified as a doctor of medicine, he served as a civil surgeon in the Boer War, and took a temporary commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the first week of World War I, on 10 August 1914, being promoted to Captain after a year's service.[9] He was later awarded a MBE for his services and died in London, where he is buried in Greenwich Cemetery.[4]
wilberforce, eaves, wilberforce, vaughan, eaves, december, 1867, february, 1920, australian, born, tennis, player, from, united, kingdom, 1908, london, olympics, bronze, medal, singles, tournament, mbefull, namewilberforce, vaughan, eavescountry, sports, great. Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves MBE 10 December 1867 10 February 1920 was an Australian born tennis player from the United Kingdom 2 At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men s Singles tournament 3 Wilberforce Eaves MBEFull nameWilberforce Vaughan EavesCountry sports Great BritainBorn 1867 12 10 10 December 1867Melbourne VIC AustraliaDied10 February 1920 1920 02 10 aged 52 London EnglandPlaysRight handed one handed backhand SinglesCareer record341 96 78 3 1 Career titles39 1 Grand Slam singles resultsWimbledonF 1895AC 1896AC 1897AC US OpenF 1897Ch Medal record Representing United KingdomOlympic Games1908 London Singles Contents 1 Biography 2 Grand Slam finals 2 1 Singles 1 runner up 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditEaves 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 Welsh Championships in 1895 and the Irish Championships in 1897 defeating Wilfred Baddeley in a five set final He became the Scottish singles champion in 1901 and won the British Covered Court Championships played on wooden courts at Queen s Club in London three consecutive times from 1897 until 1899 8 He won against seven time tournament champion Ernest Lewis and Wimbledon champions Laurence Doherty and Harold Mahony in the respective finals Qualified as a doctor of medicine he served as a civil surgeon in the Boer War and took a temporary commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the first week of World War I on 10 August 1914 being promoted to Captain after a year s service 9 He was later awarded a MBE for his services and died in London where he is buried in Greenwich Cemetery 4 Grand Slam finals EditSingles 1 runner up Edit Result Year Championship Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1897 U S Championships Grass nbsp Robert Wrenn 6 4 6 8 3 6 6 2 2 6See also EditWorld number one male tennis player rankingsReferences Edit 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 Collins Bud 2010 The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2nd ed New York New Chapter Press pp 415 455 688 ISBN 978 0942257700 Baily s Magazine of Sports amp Pastimes London Baily bros 1920 p 139 Nieuwland Alex Tournament Dinard www tennisarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 9 August 2022 Obituary British Medical Journal 1 3086 276 21 February 1920 PMC 2337269 Commemorative Roll Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves Australian War Memorial Retrieved 3 June 2012 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilberforce Eaves Wilberforce Eaves at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Wilberforce Eaves at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wilberforce Eaves amp oldid 1156992334, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
