Sydney Howard Smith
Full name | Sydney Howard Smith |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK | 3 February 1872
Died | 27 March 1947 Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK | (aged 75)
Turned pro | 1891 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1906 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career titles | 48 [1] |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (1899, Karoly Mazak)[2] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1899, 1900Ch, 1905) |
US Open | 2R (1904) |
Other tournaments | |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1902, 1906) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1905, 1906) |
Sydney Howard Smith (3 February 1872 – 27 March 1947) was a British tennis and badminton player.
Sydney Smith was the first All England Badminton Men's Singles champion in 1900 (the same year he competed in the Gentlemen's Singles final at Wimbledon, losing to Reginald Doherty). Smith and partner Frank Riseley won the Gentlemen's Doubles title at Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906. He was a member of the British Davis Cup team in 1905 and 1906. Tennis analyst Karoly Mazak ranked Smith as the World No. 2 player in 1899 he also won the Welsh Championships singles title 10 times (1896-1906) and the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships singles title 7 times (1899-1905).
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 runner-up
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Runner-up | 1900 | Wimbledon | Grass | Reginald Doherty | 8–6, 3–6, 1–6, 2–6 | [3] |
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Winner | 1902 | Wimbledon | Grass | Frank Riseley | Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty |
4–6, 8–6, 6–3, 4–6, 11–9 | [4] |
Runner-up | 1903 | Wimbledon | Grass | Frank Riseley | Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty |
4–6, 4–6, 4–6 | [4] |
Runner-up | 1904 | Wimbledon | Grass | Frank Riseley | Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty |
1–6, 2–6, 4–6 | [4] |
Runner-up | 1905 | Wimbledon | Grass | Frank Riseley | Reginald Doherty Lawrence Doherty |
2–6, 4–6, 8–6, 3–6 | [4] |
Winner | 1906 | Wimbledon | Grass | Frank Riseley | Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty |
6–8, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 | [4] |
References
- ^ "Sydney Howard Smith: Stats". tennisrachives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 27.
- ^ "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Singles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
External links
- Biography
- All England Champions 1899-2007
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Sydney Howard Smith at the Davis Cup
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- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
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