Gordon Crole-Rees Explained

Gordon Crole-Rees
Birth Date:17 November 1883
Birth Place:Southend-on-Sea, England
Death Place:Southend, England
Frenchopenresult:2R (1925)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1925, 1927)
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (1925)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1926, 1927, 1928)
Wimbledonmixedresult:SF (1930)

Gordon Rhind Oak Crole-Rees (17 November 1883 – 9 June 1954) was a British tennis player.

Career

Crole-Rees was educated at Highgate School from September 1905 until April 1911.[1]

Davis Cup

Crole-Rees made his Davis Cup debut in 1925 when he was used by Great Britain for two singles rubbers against France at Devonshire Park.[2] [3] For the rest of Davis Cup career, a further nine ties, he featured only in the doubles. Initially he partnered Charles Kingsley and then he played alongside Cyril Eames.

Wimbledon

Crole-Rees twice reached the third round at the Wimbledon Championships, but had more success at the tournament as a doubles player. He made the quarter-finals in the men's doubles in three successive years from 1926 to 1928. In the 1927 Wimbledon Championships, en route to the quarter-finals, Crole-Rees and his partner Cyril Eames managed to defeat second seeds Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste.[4] He made semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Phyllis Mudford at the 1930 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles titles

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tucker . Rodney C . Highgate School Register . 1950 . 107 . 5th.
  2. News: Lawn Tennis. . . Perth, WA . 13 July 1925 . 17 December 2015 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Davis Cup. . . Melbourne, Vic. . 16 July 1925 . 17 December 2015 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Current Topics. 6 July 1927. The Sydney Mail. 6. 17 December 2015.