Charles Dixon (tennis player)
Charles Dixon (tennis player) medal table |
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Olympic Summer Games | ||
gold | 1912 Stockholm | Mixed (hall) |
silver | 1912 Stockholm | Single (hall) |
bronze | 1912 Stockholm | Double (hall) |
Charles Percy Dixon (born February 7, 1873 in Grantham , Lincolnshire , † April 29, 1939 in London ) was an English lawyer and tennis player .
Life
Dixon was born in Grantham in 1873. He studied law at Cambridge University and later worked as a solicitor .
From 1893 he took part in tennis tournaments. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , he won the mixed gold medal in indoor tennis. He also won bronze in men's doubles and silver in singles. In 1908 Dixon had already won bronze in men's doubles.
In 1912 and 1913 he won the doubles competitions at Wimbledon and 1912 at the Australian tennis championships together with James Parke . From 1909 to 1913 he also took part in the Davis Cup for Great Britain .
Dixon died in 1939 at the age of 66 in West Norwood, London .
title
Double
No. | year | competition | partner | Final opponent | Bottom line |
1. | 1912 | Wimbledon Championships | Herbert Roper Barrett |
André Gobert Max Décugis |
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 5 |
2. | 1912 | Australian championships | James Cecil Parke |
Alfred Ernest Beamish Francis Gordon Lowe |
6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2 |
3. | 1913 | Wimbledon Championships | Herbert Roper Barrett |
Heinrich Kleinschroth Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe |
6: 2, 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2 |
Mixed
No. | year | competition | partner | Final opponent | Bottom line |
1. | 1912 | Olympic games | Edith Hannam |
Helen Aitchison Herbert Roper Barrett |
4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
literature
- L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 , p. 197
Web links
- ITF Profile of Charles Dixon (english)
- Davis Cup stats from Charles Dixon (tennis player )
- Charles Dixon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Percy Dixon. tennisarchives.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 (English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dixon, Charles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dixon, Charles Percy (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English lawyer and tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Grantham , Lincolnshire |
DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1939 |
Place of death | London |