Cyril Eames Explained

Cyril Eames
Fullname:Cyril Gladstone Eames
Birth Date:20 October 1890
Plays:Right-handed
Frenchopenresult:2R (1925)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1925, 1926, 1927, 1928)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1926, 1927, 1928)
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (1925)
Frenchopenmixedresult:2R (1925)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (1925)

Cyril Gladstone Eames (20 October 1890 – 1 August 1974) was a British tennis player.

Eames was most active in the 1920s and made the Wimbledon singles second round four times.[1]

It was his doubles partnership with Gordon Crole-Rees that he was most known for. The pair won the British Covered Court Championships, twice made the Wimbledon doubles quarter-finals and were doubles semi-finalists at the 1925 French Championships, where they lost in five sets to Jean Borotra and René Lacoste.[2] They featured together in the 1928 and 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup) campaigns, winning four of their five doubles rubbers.[3] In their only loss, to Italy in the 1928 Europe Zone semi-final, they had held match points[4]

In 1931 he announced his intention to retire from the tour.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Eame's Tennis Trophies . . 10 November 1929.
  2. News: MLLE. Lenglen's Lawn Tennis Triumph . . 8 June 1925.
  3. News: The Draw – Player's Chances . . 26 June 1926.
  4. News: Britain Beaten . . 22 June 1928.
  5. News: Cyril Eames, Noted English Net Star, Plans to Retire . . 5 April 1931.