Laurence Doherty

Laurence Doherty
The Doherty brothers, Laurence (right) and Reginald
Nation:	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	Charles Henry Ridding	6: 3, 8: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1
2.	1897	Queen's Club Championships	Edmund Black	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
3.	1898	Nice	JH Hay-Gordon	6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 1
4th	1898	Monte Carlo	Viktor Count Voss	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 4: 0 up.
5.	1898	Northern Association Tournament	Clarence Hobart	6: 1, 6: 1, 8: 6
6th	1898	Queen's Club Championships	Harold Mahony	6: 3, 6: 4, 9: 7
7th	1898	Scottish Championships	Edmund Black	6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	1899	Nice	Viktor Count Voss	6-0, 6-0, 6-0
9.	1900	Nice	Reginald Doherty	without a fight
10.	1900	Olympic games	Harold Mahony	6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 3
11.	1900	Homburg vor der Höhe	George Hillyard	7: 5, 6: 2, 3: 6, 4: 6, 6: 2
12.	1900	Dinard	Harold Mahony	4: 6, 6: 1, 8: 6, 7: 5
13.	1900	Eastbourne	Sydney Howard Smith	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
13.	1901	Yorkshire Championships	Edmund Black	6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 1
14th	1901	Cannes	George Hillyard	6: 3, 6: 3 up.
14th	1901	Monte Carlo	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 1
15th	1901	Nice	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 2
16.	1901	British Covered Court Championships	Arthur Gore	6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 1
17th	1901	Kent Championships	Arthur Gore	6: 1, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
18th	1901	Derbyshire Championships	George Hillyard	6: 4, 7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 2
19th	1902	Nice	Captain Alderson	9: 7, 7: 5
20th	1902	Irish championships	Sydney Howard Smith	6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 1
21st	1902	Wimbledon Championships	Arthur Gore	6: 4, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 0
22nd	1902	British Covered Court Championships	Josiah Ritchie	6: 4, 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3
23.	1903	Wimbledon Championships	Frank Lorymer Riseley	7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 0
24.	1903	US National Championships	William Larned	6-0, 6: 3, 10: 8
25th	1903	British Covered Court Championships	George Hillyard	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
26th	1903	Cannes	Sydney Howard Smith	5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3
27.	1903	Nahant	William Clothier	6: 4, 6: 0
28.	1904	Wimbledon Championships	Frank Lorymer Riseley	6: 1, 7: 5, 8: 6
29	1904	British Covered Court Championships	Josiah Ritchie	6: 2, 8:10, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
30th	1904	Nice	Josiah Ritchie	6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3
31.	1904	Cannes	Josiah Ritchie	6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 1
32.	1904	Northumberland Championships	George Ball-Greene	6: 4, 6: 1
33.	1905	Wimbledon Championships	Norman Brookes	8: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
34.	1905	British Covered Court Championships	Josiah Ritchie	6: 1, 8: 6, 6: 2
35.	1905	Nice	Edward Roy Allen	6: 3, 7: 5, 7: 5
36.	1905	Monte Carlo Masters	Josiah Ritchie	6: 4, 8: 6, 6: 4
37.	1906	Wimbledon Championships	Frank Lorymer Riseley	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
38.	1906	Cannes	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	6: 3, 11: 9
39.	1906	British Covered Court Championships	Arthur Gore	6: 2, 6: 4, 8: 6
39.	1908	Yorkshire Championships	George Hillyard	6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 2
40.	1909	North of England Championships	Gordon Lowe	7: 5, 6: 1, 6: 3
41.	1910	North of England Championships	Gordon Lowe	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2

Double

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

Mixed

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

Sources and web links

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

• B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 571.
• L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 , p. 197.
• ATP profile of Laurence Doherty (english)
• ITF profile Laurence Doherty (english)
• Laurence Doherty in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Laurence Doherty in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Laurence Doherty (english)

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.