Basil Spalding de Garmendia | |
Country: | United States |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1860 |
Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
Death Place: | St. Raphaël, France |
Turnedpro: | 1884 (amateur) |
Retired: | 1912 |
Singlesrecord: | 15–36 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Frenchopenresult: | QF (1901) |
Usopenresult: | 2R (1892, 1895) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Olympicsresult: | QF (1900) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Olympicsdoublesresult: | Silver Medal (1900) |
Updated: | September 18, 2012 |
Basil Spalding de Garmendia (February 28, 1860 - November 9, 1932) was an American tennis player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1]
Spalding de Garmendia was born in Baltimore, Maryland to the wealthy family Garmendia, of Spanish ancestry. In 1900 he won a Silver medal in Men's Doubles event with Max Décugis of France. In the singles, he reached the quarter-finals, losing to Laurence Doherty.[2]