Charles P. Dixon

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File:Charles_Dixon_William_Larned.jpg on 9 September 1911 at The Championships, Wimbledon]]

Charles Percy Dixon (7 February 1873 – 29 April 1939) was a male tennis player from Great Britain. He was a four-time Olympic medallist and led a successful British team to victory in the Davis Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87 |title=Charles P. Dixon |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}

Biography

Dixon was born on 7 February 1873 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the 1912 Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the indoor tennis events: gold in the mixed doubles, silver in men's singles, and bronze in men's doubles.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/charles-dixon-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/charles-dixon-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Charles P. Dixon Olympic Results |access-date=2013-05-15 |work=sports-reference.com}}

From 1929 to 1932, he represented the International Club of Great Britain against France at Queens and at Auteuil in 1932 and 1933. After retiring from tournaments, he coached juniors and umpired at Wimbledon, becoming President of the Umpire's Association. He died on 29 April 1939.{{cite news |title=Charles P. Dixon, 64, Former Tennis Star. Helped Win Wimbledon Doubles Title for England in 1912 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/05/01/archives/charles-p-dixon-64-former-tennis-star-helped-win-wimbledon-doubles.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 May 1939 |access-date=17 December 2010 }}

Tennis tournaments

Dixon was born in 1873, the year that Major Walter Clopton Wingfield defined the first rules for lawn tennis. Dixon reached his first all comers final at Wimbledon in 1901, beating Harold Mahony before losing to Arthur Gore.{{cite web |title=Wimbledon player archive – Charles Dixon |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/dd922c25-8c01-4756-8d86-cdcde742d7c3.html |publisher=AELTC}} A decade later, in 1911, Dixon reached the all comers final again, beating Major Ritchie and Max Decugis before losing to Herbert Roper Barrett. He won the doubles with Roper Barrett in 1912 and 1913.

His career included victories in international tournaments overseas include the Ostend International tournament (1905), the Doubles at the Championship of Dieppe (Championnat de Diepper) (1908) won partnering with M.J.G. RitchieChampionnat de Diepper, La Presse, p3, 3 August 1908 In the UK he won the Surrey Championships (1911) on grass, defeating Anthony Wilding in four sets.{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19110529.2.66&srpos=278|newspaper=Evening Post|date=29 May 1911|page=7}}

He also won the Dulwich Farm Hard Courts on clay at Dulwich four times from (1909–1910, 1912–1913).{{cite web |title=1877 to 2012 Finals Results |url=https://www.stevegtennis.com/1877-to-2012-finals-results/ |website=stevegtennis.com |publisher=Steve G Tennis |access-date=16 October 2022}} He also won the Drive Club Tournament at the Drive Club, Fulham that was played on hard cement courts three times (1908-1910).

Dixon was better known at the time for his many successes when representing Britain in the Davis Cup, starting in the 1909 Cup in Philadelphia,

he led the British team to victory in the 1912 Cup in Australia. He was also a member of the English Drive Club team in South Africa in 1910–1911.

He won the 1913 Doubles title at the Russian Open Tennis Championship, partnering Albert D Prebble, and was runner up in the singles.The early Russian Lawn Tennis Championships (1907–14) by Mark Ryan

Grand Slam finals

=Doubles (3 titles, 1 runner-ups)=

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style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1912	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Herbert Roper Barrett	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Max Decugis {{flagicon\|FRA}} André Gobert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
style="background:#ffc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1912	Australasian Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|IRE\|1912}} James Cecil Parke	{{flagicon\|BRI}} Alfred Beamish {{flagicon\|BRI}} Gordon Lowe	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1913	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Herbert Roper Barrett	{{flagicon\|GER\|empire}} Heinrich Kleinschroth {{flagicon\|GER\|empire}} Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1914	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Herbert Roper Barrett	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Norman Brookes {{flagicon\|AUS}} Anthony Wilding	1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–8