Harry Grove
Full nameHenry Grove
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born7 May 1862 (1862-05-07) [1]
Lambeth, London, United Kingdom
Died7 February 1896 (1896-02-08) (aged 33) [2]
London, United Kingdom
Turned pro1881 (amateur tour)
Retired1896 (due to death)
Singles
Career record110/78 (58.5%) [3]
Career titles10 [3]
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonSF (1887)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1884, 1885, 1888, 1893)

Harry Grove (7 May 1862 – 7 February 1896) was a British tennis player in the early years of tennis.

Career

Grove first entered the Wimbledon men's singles in 1881, when he lost in round one. Grove reached the semis in 1887, beating Herbert Wilberforce and Herbert Bowes-Lyon before losing to Herbert Lawford in four sets. In June 1886 he won the prestigious Northern Championships,[4][5] defeating the American player James Dwight in 3 sets and again in 1887.[6][7] In May 1887 he won the Scottish Championships defeating Patrick Bowes-Lyon in five sets. In 1888 he reached the final of the Scottish Championships for the second successive year where his opponent was Bowes-Lyon. At two sets all and one three down Grove retired. In 1891 at Wimbledon he overcame Ernest Meers before losing to Ernest Renshaw in the quarterfinals.[8] He last entered Wimbledon in 1893, when he lost in the opening round. Grove died aged 33 in 1896.

References

  1. ↑ "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "FreeBMD District Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Harry Grove: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.
  5. ↑ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. p. 199. ISBN 9780718501952.
  6. ↑ Edition – Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.
  7. ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Edition – Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament 1887: Northern Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Championships 1891 – Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC.
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