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Gordon Crole-Rees
British tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gordon Rhind Oak Crole-Rees (17 November 1883 – 9 June 1954) was a British tennis player.
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Career
Crole-Rees was educated at Highgate School from September 1905 until April 1911.[1]
Davis Cup
Crole-Rees made his Davis Cup debut in 1925 when he was used by Great Britain for two singles rubbers against France at Devonshire Park.[2][3] For the rest of Davis Cup career, a further nine ties, he featured only in the doubles. Initially he partnered Charles Kingsley and then he played alongside Cyril Eames.
Wimbledon
Crole-Rees twice reached the third round at the Wimbledon Championships, but had more success at the tournament as a doubles player. He made the quarter-finals in the men's doubles in three successive years from 1926 to 1928. In the 1927 Wimbledon Championships, en route to the quarter-finals, Crole-Rees and his partner Cyril Eames managed to defeat second seeds Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste.[4] He made semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Phyllis Mudford at the 1930 Wimbledon Championships.
Singles titles
- 1925: Surrey Championships
- 1926: Kent Championships
- 1927: Surrey Championships
- 1927: Irish Lawn Tennis Championships
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