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Hugh Lawrence Doherty

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DOHERTY, HUGH LAWRENCE English lawn-tennis player, was born at Clapham, London, on Oct. 5, 1875. He was educated at Westminster school and Trinity college, Cambridge. At Cambridge he and his brother, Reginald F. Doherty (1872-1911), made their names as tennis players. They were undoubtedly among the greatest and most artistic players of their day, and their joint work On Lawn Tennis (19o3) is a classic of the game. The elder brother held the All England singles championship at Wimbledon from 1897-1900, and the younger from 1902-06, when he resigned the title. Playing in doubles, the brothers were champions from 1897 to 1905, being only once defeated, by S. H. Smith and F. L. Riseley,.in 1902. H. L. Doherty won the American national championship in 1903. During the war he was in the anti-aircraft service, and the hard work entailed probably hastened his death, which took place on Aug. II, 1919.

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