Reginald Doherty

Reginald Doherty
The Doherty brothers, Reginald (left) and Laurence
Nickname:	Reggie
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	October 14, 1872
Date of death:	December 29, 1910
Playing hand:	Right
singles
Career title:	23
Grand Slam record
Double
Career title:	16 doubles, 3 mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Reginald "Reggie" Frank Doherty (born October 14, 1872 in London , † December 29, 1910 ibid) was an English tennis player . Among other things, he won the individual title at the Wimbledon Championships from 1897 to 1900 . With his younger brother Laurence he formed the most successful doubles around the turn of the century in 1900.

life and career

Reggie Doherty, known as "Big Do", was born in 1872 in Wimbledon, London . He attended Westminster School and later took up a study at Trinity College of Cambridge University on.

From 1891 Doherty took part in tennis tournaments. Between 1897 and 1900 he won Wimbledon singles without interruption. In doubles with his brother Laurence, he won eight titles there between 1897 and 1905. In 1902 he reached the Challenge Round at the US championships , but lost there to defending champion William Larned in four sets.

At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 he reached first place in doubles with Laurence and in mixed with Charlotte Cooper . In singles, he gave his brother a walkover in the semifinals , who then won the Olympic gold medal in the final. In 1908 in London Reginald was able to win the double title again together with George Hillyard .

From 1902 to 1906 Doherty took part in the Davis Cup and won the title with the British team every year.

Doherty, who weighed only 63 kg at a height of 1.85 m, often struggled with gastrointestinal diseases. In 1906, with their poor health, the brothers failed to win their ninth Wimbledon title. Afterwards, they had to promise their mother, who watched the final with tears, that they would never again overdo themselves physically. Reginald then took part in a few tournaments, while Laurence turned to golf.

In 1910 Reginald Doherty died at the age of 38 in the London borough of Kensington shortly after his return from a Swiss nursing home. In 1980 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame with his brother .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	year	competition	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1895	Essex Championships	Herbert Ramon Yglesias	6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 0
2.	1895	Scottish Championships	Richard Millar Watson	6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 1
3.	1895	Exmouth	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	7: 5, 4: 6. 6: 4, 6: 2
4th	1896	Baden-Baden	Viktor Count Voss	6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 2
5.	1896	East of England Championships	Edward Roy Allen	6: 4, 8: 6
6th	1896	Homburg vor der Höhe	Manliffe Francis Goodbody	6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
7th	1897	Baden-Baden	Laurence Doherty	without a fight
8th.	1897	Wimbledon Championships	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	6: 3, 7: 5, 2: 0 task
9.	1897	Nice	Viktor Count Voss	6: 2, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 1
10.	1897	Monte Carlo	Conway Blackwood-Price	6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 2
11.	1897	Scottish Championships	Laurence Doherty	without a fight
12.	1897	Homburg vor der Höhe	George Hillyard	without a fight
13.	1898	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	6: 3, 6: 3, 2: 6, 5: 7, 6: 1
14th	1898	Homburg vor der Höhe	Laurence Doherty	without a fight
15th	1899	Irish Championships	Harold Mahony	6: 3, 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
16.	1899	Wimbledon Championships	Arthur Gore	1: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 3
17th	1899	Monte Carlo	Viktor Count Voss	6: 2 up.
18th	1899	Heiligendamm	Georg Wantzelius	6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 2
19th	1899	Homburg vor der Höhe	Clarence Hobart	3: 6, 4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3, 6: 3
20th	1900	Irish Championships	Arthur Gore	6: 4, 7: 5, 7: 9, 7: 9, 6: 3
21st	1900	Wimbledon Championships	Sydney Howard Smith	6: 8, 6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 2
22nd	1901	Irish Championships	Laurence Doherty	6: 4, 4: 6 up.
23.	1902	Monte Carlo	George Hillyard	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 3

Double

No.	year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1897	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	H. Baddeley W. Baddeley	6: 4, 4: 6, 8: 6 and 6: 4
2.	1898	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Harold Nisbet Clarence Hobart	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2
3.	1899	Irish Championships	Laurence Doherty
4th	1899	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Harold Nisbet Clarence Hobart	7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 2
5.	1900	Irish Championships	Laurence Doherty
6th	1900	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Herbert Roper Barrett Harold Nisbet	9: 7, 7: 5, 4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3
7th	1900	Summer Olympics 1900	Laurence Doherty	Basil Spalding de Garmendia Max Décugis	6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 0
8th.	1901	Irish Championships	Laurence Doherty
9.	1901	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Dwight Filley Davis Holcombe Ward	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4, 9: 7
10.	1902	Irish Championships	Laurence Doherty
11.	1902	US National Championships	Laurence Doherty	Holcombe Ward Dwight Filley Davis	11: 9, 12:10, 6: 4
12.	1903	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Frank Lorymer Riseley Sidney Howard Smith	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4
13.	1903	US National Championships	Laurence Doherty	Kreigh Collins Louis Harold Waidner	7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 3
14th	1904	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Frank Lorymer Riseley Sidney Howard Smith	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2
15th	1905	Wimbledon Championships	Laurence Doherty	Frank Lorymer Riseley Sidney Howard Smith	6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 8, 6: 3
16.	1908	1908 Summer Olympics	George Hillyard	Josiah Ritchie James Parke	9: 7, 7: 5, 9: 7

Mixed

No.	year	competition	Partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1899	Irish Championships	Charlotte Cooper
2.	1900	Irish Championships	Charlotte Cooper
3.	1900	Summer Olympics 1900	Charlotte Cooper	Yvonne Prévost Harold Mahony	6: 2, 6: 4

literature

• 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.

Web links

Commons : Reginald Doherty  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ITF profile Reginald Doherty (english)
• Reginald Doherty in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Davis Cup stats by Reginald Doherty (english)
• Reginald Doherty in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty. tennisarchives.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 (English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the tournament mode at that time, the winner of the All-Comers competition had to compete against the previous year's winner in the Challenge Round to win the title.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ^ B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010.
4. ↑ The final ( Challenge Round ) was canceled due to bad weather and was not made up for. Last year's winner, Reginald Doherty, was declared the winner.