Oswald Turnbull

Oswald Turnbull medal table
Max Woosnam and Noel Turnbull, 1920
tennis
United Kingdom
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1920 Antwerp	Double

Oswald Graham Noel Turnbull (born December 20, 1890 in Highgate , † December 17, 1970 in Whitby ) was a British tennis player .

Career

Turnbull took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , where he won the gold medal in the doubles competition together with Max Woosnam . In the final they defeated the Japanese Kashio Seiichirō and Kumagai Ichiya in four sets with 6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 5, 7: 5. In the singles Turnbull was eliminated in the semifinals and did not play for third place against Charles Winslow , so that he was fourth in the end. In mixed doubles, he competed with Winifred McNair , but they lost their opening game.

Between 1919 and 1926 Turnbull played six games for the British Davis Cup team . He won three of his seven singles games while losing his two doubles. During this time he won the final of the world group with the team in the 1919 season . He played in doubles against France , but the game was lost. Great Britain won the game 3-2 and faced the Americans in the Davis Cup final . The game ended 1: 4, Turnbull was not used.

Web links

Commons : Oswald Turnbull  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Oswald Turnbull in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• ITF profile of Oswald Turnbull (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Oswald Turnbull (English)