Charles Winslow
South African tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the American physician and diplomat, see Charles F. Winslow.
Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.[1] He won two gold medals: Men's Singles and Doubles at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Eight years later, in Antwerp, Winslow won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles event.[2]
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Full name | Charles Lyndhurst Winslow | ||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | South Africa | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1888-08-01)1 August 1888 Leamington, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 15 September 1963(1963-09-15) (aged 75) Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1907 (amateur tour) | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
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Career record | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
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Wimbledon | 2R (1920) | ||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (1910) | ||||||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||
WHCC | QF (1912, 1920) | ||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
WHCC | F (1912) | ||||||||||||||
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Winslow's father Lyndhurst Winslow played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club, scoring a century on debut against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club,[3] while Winslow's son Paul played Test cricket for South Africa.[4]
Winslow had a home at 157 Beacon Street in Boston that was sold to the family of Henry Weston Farnsworth in 1910.[5] He died on 15 September 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 75.