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despite having had a match point in the third set. In 1897 he became the first non-American to reach the final in the U.S. National Singles Championships. He lost the final in five sets to American
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organized by the Dinard Lawn Tennis Club where he won that title ten times between (1894-1896) and (1902-1909).
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in London three consecutive times from 1897 until 1899. He won against seven-time tournament champion
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Qualified as a doctor of medicine, he served as a civil surgeon in the
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for his services and died in London, where he is buried in
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he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament.
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He reached the Men's Singles All-Comers' final at the
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Index

MBE

Melbourne
VIC
Australia
London
Wimbledon
1895
1896
1897
US Open
1897
United Kingdom
Olympic Games
1908 London
Singles
MBE
tennis
1908 London Olympics
Melbourne
St Kilda, Victoria
Wimbledon Championships
Wilfred Baddeley
Robert Wrenn
Dinard International
Brittany, France
Welsh Championships
Irish Championships
Wilfred Baddeley
Scottish singles champion

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