Stanley Norwood Doust
Stanley Norwood Doust (born March 29, 1879 in Sydney , † December 13, 1961 in London ) was an Australian tennis player .
Life
Doust was born in Sydney, Newtown , in 1879, the only son of Isaac Doust and his wife, Lucy Ellen. In 1903 he married Dorothy Mary Storer.
From 1907 Doust took part in the Wimbledon Championships . In 1910 he won the (unofficial) mixed competition there alongside Dorothea Douglass-Chamber . In 1913 he reached the final of the All-Comers competition, but lost to the American Maurice McLoughlin . In the same year he won the Davis Cup with the Australian team .
After the First World War , he took part in tournaments until the 1920s. He died in London in 1961.
Web links
Commons : Stanley Doust - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Stanley Norwood Doust. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 25, 2012 (English).
- ^ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Government of New South Wales, accessed April 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Family Notices. Sydney Morning Herald, September 5, 1903, accessed October 25, 2012 .
- ↑ The mixed competition was only awarded championship status at the Wimbledon tournament from 1913.
- ↑ M'Loughlin Beats Doust At Tennis; American Champion Expected to Win All-England Title from Wilding. New York Times, July 13, 1913; accessed October 25, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doust, Stanley Norwood |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doust, Stanley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1961 |
| Place of death | London |