Laurence Doherty

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Laurence Doherty Tennis player
Laurence Doherty
The Doherty brothers, Laurence (right) and Reginald
Nation: United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Birthday: October 8, 1875
Date of death: August 21, 1919
Playing hand: Right
singles
Career title: 41
Grand Slam record
Double
Career title: 16 doubles, 2 mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Hugh Laurence "Laurie" Doherty (born October 8, 1875 in London , † August 21, 1919 in Broadstairs , Kent ) was an English tennis player . He won two Olympic titles in 1900, the individual title of the Wimbledon Championships five times between 1902 and 1906 and the first non-American in 1903 to win the US Championships . With his older brother Reginald he formed the most successful doubles around the turn of the century in 1900.

Family and education

Laurence Doherty, who was also called "Little Do" as the three years younger brother of Reginald , was born in 1875 in Wimbledon, London . Like his brother, also visited Laurence the Westminster School and then studied at Trinity College of Cambridge University .

Athletic career

Doherty participated in tennis tournaments from 1893 to 1910. After losing to his brother Reginald in the final of the Wimbledon Championships in 1898 , he won there five times in a row from 1902 to 1906. His brother had previously triumphed from 1897 to 1900. In addition, in 1903 Laurie became the first non-American to win the US championships . With this victory he became the first tennis player to win both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Championships.

Together with his brother, he also won eight double titles at Wimbledon between 1897 and 1905. In 1902 and 1903, the two also won the US championships. In their weddings, the Dauherty brothers only lost five of their countless doubles matches.

At the Olympic Games in 1900 he won both singles and doubles with his brother. In mixed he took third place on the side of Marion Jones .

He played in the Davis Cup from 1902 to 1906 and won the title with the British team every year. Laurence did not lose a single one of his twelve singles and doubles matches.

Life after tennis

In 1903 he published the book RF and HL Doherty on Lawn Tennis with his brother . After a bad health condition prevented him from playing tennis in 1906, he began to play golf . He took part in several amateur tournaments and his best result was in 1908 at the Royal St. George’s when he was among the last 16. His handicap was +2.

In 1914 Doherty joined the Royal Navy Reserve. The sometimes harsh operating conditions worsened its already sensitive condition. He died in 1919 at the age of 43 after a long illness. In 1980 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame with his brother .

title

singles

No. year competition Final opponent Result
1. 1897 Suffolk Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Henry Ridding 6: 3, 8: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1
2. 1897 Queen's Club Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edmund Black 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
3. 1898 Nice United KingdomUnited Kingdom JH Hay-Gordon 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 1
4th 1898 Monte Carlo German EmpireThe German Imperium Viktor Count Voss 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 4: 0 up.
5. 1898 Northern Association Tournament United StatesUnited States Clarence Hobart 6: 1, 6: 1, 8: 6
6th 1898 Queen's Club Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harold Mahony 6: 3, 6: 4, 9: 7
7th 1898 Scottish Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edmund Black 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 2
8th. 1899 Nice German EmpireThe German Imperium Viktor Count Voss 6-0, 6-0, 6-0
9. 1900 Nice United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty without a fight
10. 1900 Olympic games United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harold Mahony 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 3
11. 1900 Homburg vor der Höhe United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Hillyard 7: 5, 6: 2, 3: 6, 4: 6, 6: 2
12. 1900 Dinard United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harold Mahony 4: 6, 6: 1, 8: 6, 7: 5
13. 1900 Eastbourne United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
13. 1901 Yorkshire Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edmund Black 6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 1
14th 1901 Cannes United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Hillyard 6: 3, 6: 3 up.
14th 1901 Monte Carlo United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 1
15th 1901 Nice United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 2
16. 1901 British Covered Court Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arthur Gore 6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 1
17th 1901 Kent Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arthur Gore 6: 1, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
18th 1901 Derbyshire Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Hillyard 6: 4, 7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 2
19th 1902 Nice United KingdomUnited Kingdom Captain Alderson 9: 7, 7: 5
20th 1902 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 1
21st 1902 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arthur Gore 6: 4, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 0
22nd 1902 British Covered Court Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6: 4, 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3
23. 1903 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Lorymer Riseley 7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 0
24. 1903 US National Championships United StatesUnited States William Larned 6-0, 6: 3, 10: 8
25th 1903 British Covered Court Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Hillyard 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
26th 1903 Cannes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith 5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3
27. 1903 Nahant United StatesUnited States William Clothier 6: 4, 6: 0
28. 1904 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Lorymer Riseley 6: 1, 7: 5, 8: 6
29 1904 British Covered Court Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6: 2, 8:10, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
30th 1904 Nice United KingdomUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3
31. 1904 Cannes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 1
32. 1904 Northumberland Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Ball-Greene 6: 4, 6: 1
33. 1905 Wimbledon Championships AustraliaAustralia Norman Brookes 8: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
34. 1905 British Covered Court Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6: 1, 8: 6, 6: 2
35. 1905 Nice United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edward Roy Allen 6: 3, 7: 5, 7: 5
36. 1905 Monte Carlo Masters United KingdomUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6: 4, 8: 6, 6: 4
37. 1906 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Lorymer Riseley 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
38. 1906 Cannes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves 6: 3, 11: 9
39. 1906 British Covered Court Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arthur Gore 6: 2, 6: 4, 8: 6
39. 1908 Yorkshire Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Hillyard 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 2
40. 1909 North of England Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gordon Lowe 7: 5, 6: 1, 6: 3
41. 1910 North of England Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gordon Lowe 6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2

Double

No. year competition partner Final opponent Result
1. 1897 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley Herbert Baddeley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 4, 4: 6, 8: 6, 6: 4
2. 1898 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty
3. 1898 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harold Nisbet Clarence Hobart
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2
4th 1899 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty
5. 1899 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harold Nisbet Clarence Hobart
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 2
6th 1900 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty
7th 1900 Olympic games United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United StatesUnited States Basil Spalding de Garmendia Max Décugis
FranceFrance 
6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 0
8th. 1900 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Harold Nisbet
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
9: 7, 7: 5, 4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3
9. 1901 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty
10. 1901 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United StatesUnited States Dwight Filley Davis Holcombe Ward
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3, 9: 7
11. 1902 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty
12. 1902 US National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United StatesUnited States Holcombe Ward Dwight Filley Davis
United StatesUnited States 
11: 9, 12:10, 6: 4
13. 1903 US National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United StatesUnited States Kreigh Collins Louis Harold Waidner
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 3
14th 1903 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sidney Smith Frank Riseley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4
15th 1904 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sidney Smith Frank Riseley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 4
16. 1905 Wimbledon Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reginald Doherty United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sidney Smith Frank Riseley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 8, 6: 3

Mixed

No. year competition Partner
1. 1901 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ruth Durlacher
2. 1902 Irish championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ruth Durlacher

Sources and web links

Commons : Laurence Doherty  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. There was no award of the first three places in their current form with gold, silver and bronze medals in 1900. In some sports and competitions, silver or bronze plaques were awarded.
  2. a b All-Comers final, the defending champion Reginald Doherty did not take part in the Challenge Round .
  3. All-Comers final, the defending champion Wilfred Baddeley did not appear.