Clement Cazalet
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 Clement Cazalet, ca.1900 |
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Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet (born July 16, 1869 in London , † March 23, 1950 there ) was a British tennis player .
Career
Clement Cazalet was a total of twelve times in the main field of the individual competition at Wimbledon between 1984 and 1909 . In 1896 and 1906 he achieved his best result with the quarter-finals. In doubles he reached the finals of the so-called All-Comers competition in 1897 , 1902 and 1906 .
Cazalet joined the 1908 Olympic Games in London in the doubles competition with Charles Dixon on. In the semifinals they were defeated by the later Olympic champions George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty in five sets and thus won bronze.
As the son of a wealthy businessman, he attended rugby school and, from 1887, Trinity College . As a major of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of Saint John , he volunteered as a driver in the First World War. In 1917 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order . After the war he worked as a marine engineer.
Web links
- ITF profile Clement Cazalet (English)
- Clement Cazalet in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Cazalet, Clement |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cazalet, Clement Haughton Langston (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1950 |
| Place of death | London , UK |