| Archibald Thomson | |
| Fullname: | Archibald A.Thomson |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 11 November 1911 |
| Death Place: | Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland |
| Turnedpro: | 1880 (amateur) |
| Retired: | 1894 |
| Singlestitles: | 10 |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1885) |
Archibald A.Thomson[1] (16 April 1860 – 10 September 1925) was a Scottish tennis player who competed at the Wimbledon Championships 1885 and 1890.[2] He was also known as Lobby Thompson amongst other tennis players of the time,[3] He was a two time finalist at the Scottish Championships in 1885 and 1886.[4] and a semi finalist at the Northern Championships in 1887. He was active from 1880 to 1894 and won 10 career singles titles.[4]
Archibald A.Thomson was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland on 21 July 1856.[4] He attended the University of Edinburgh.
He played and won his first tournament at the Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament in 1880.[4] He won his first title at the Bridge of Allan Open in Bridge of Allan in 1884.[4] He competed in the men's singles events at the Wimbledon Championships in 1885 where he lost in the second round to the American player James Dwight.[5] At the 1890 championships he lost the first round to Herbert Lawford.[6]
His main career singles title successes came at the South of Scotland Championships at Moffat which he won two times consecutivley (1885–1886),[4] and the Whitehouse Open two times consecutivley (1889–1890),[4] He also won the singles title at the Broughty Ferry Open (1886),[4] the Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament (1886),[4] the Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (1887) and the Inverkip Rovers Open also in 1887.[4]
In addition he was a losing finalist at the West of Scotland Championships (1882),[4] and the Windyknowe Open (1883),[4] and the West of Scotland Championships (1894).[4] Archibald played his final singles event at the Scottish Border Championships in 1894.[4]