.jpg) Goold, in 1879 | |
| Full name | Vere Thomas Goold |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
| Born | 2 October 1853 Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 8 September 1909 (aged 55) Île du Diable, French Guiana |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 6[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1879) |
Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold (2 October 1853[2] – 8 September 1909) was an Irish tennis player who competed for the 1879 Wimbledon All Comers' final. That year he became the first singles champion of the Irish Championships. He quickly faded from the game and in 1907 was sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island for the murder of a Swedish widow in Monte Carlo. In 1909 he died there by suicide.
- ^ "Vere St Leger Goold: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ Stacey, Pat. "A gloriously gruesome tale". Herald.ie. Retrieved 16 October 2012.