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| Full name | Reginald Frank Doherty | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1872 Wimbledon, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 December 1910 (aged 38) Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1891 (amateur) | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1910 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1980 (member page) | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 211–96[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 36[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1897, ITHF)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1897, 1898, 1899, 1900) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (1902Ch) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (1902, 1903) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | W (1903, 1904, 1905, 1906) | |||||||||||||||||
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Reginald "Reggie" or "R. F." Frank Doherty (14 October 1872 – 29 December 1910) was a British tennis player and the older brother of tennis player Laurence Doherty. He was known in the tennis world as "R.F." rather than "Reggie".[3] He was a four-time Wimbledon singles champion and a triple Olympic Gold medalist in doubles and mixed doubles.[4]
- ^ a b "Players:Doherty, Reginald". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Hall of Famers – Reggie Doherty". International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Famous Tennis Player Dead: R.F. Doherty, Once American Champion, Passes Away in London", The New York Times, 30 December 1910
- ^ "Reginald Doherty". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.