Lestocq Robert Erskine
Lestocq Robert Erskine (born September 6, 1857 in Edinburgh , † May 29, 1916 in Llandrindod Wells , Wales ) was a Scottish tennis player.
Erskine participated in the first Wimbledon Championships from 1877 to 1879 . In 1878 he reached the final of the All-Comers competition there, but was defeated by the eventual winner Frank Hadow . In doubles, he won the English championships at Oxford University in 1879 on the side of Herbert Lawford .
Double title
No. | year | competition | partner | Final opponent | Bottom line |
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1. | 1879 | All England Championships (Oxford) | Herbert Lawford |
George Ernest Tabor F. Durant
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4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 5, 6: 2, 3: 6, 5: 6, 7: 5 |
Web links
- Lestocq Robert Erskine. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 25, 2012 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The doubles tournament was only moved to Wimbledon in 1884
- ^ Lance Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 978-0-900424-71-7 , p. 264.
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SURNAME | Erskine, Lestocq Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1857 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1916 |
Place of death | Llandrindod Wells , Wales |