Charles Winslow
{{short description|South African tennis player}}
{{for|the American physician and diplomat|Charles F. Winslow}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use South African English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Charles Winslow
|fullname = Charles Lyndhurst Winslow
| image = 1912 Charles Winslow.JPG
| caption = Winslow in 1912
| country = South Africa
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leamington, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|9|15|1888|8|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
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| turnedpro = 1907 (amateur tour)
| retired = 1925
| plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
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| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1920)
| USOpenresult = 2R (1910)
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| WHCCresult = QF (1912, 1920)
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| WHCCDoublesresult = F (1912)
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games – Tennis}}
{{MedalGold | 1912 Stockholm | Singles}}
{{MedalGold | 1912 Stockholm | Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze| 1920 Antwerp | Singles}}
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Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2533 |title=Charles Winslow |work=Olympedia |access-date=8 June 2021}}
Career
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/charles-winslow-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/charles-winslow-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Charles Winslow Olympic Results |accessdate=2013-05-13 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Winslow's father Lyndhurst Winslow played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club, scoring a century on debut against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club,Overson, p. 9. while Winslow's son Paul played Test cricket for South Africa.Overson, p. 10.
Winslow had a home at 157 Beacon Street in Boston that was sold to the family of Henry Weston Farnsworth in 1910.{{cite web | url = https://backbayhouses.org/157-beacon/ | title = 157 Beacon | date = 4 July 2013 | publisher = Back Bay Houses | accessdate = 3 September 2018 }} He died on 15 September 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 75.
World Championships finals
=Doubles (1 runner-up)=
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Result
!Year !style="width:200px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:125px"|Partner !style="width:125px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score | ||||||
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style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1912 | style="background:#ebc2af;"|World Hard Court Championships | Clay | {{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Harold Kitson | {{flagicon|GER|1866}} Otto Froitzheim {{flagicon|GER|1866}} Oscar Kreuzer | 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
Olympic finals
=Singles (1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal)=
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!Result !Year !style="width:200px"|Location !Surface !style="width:130px"|Opponent !style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||||
bgcolor="Gold" |Gold | 1912 | Summer Olympics, Stockholm | Clay | {{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Harold Kitson | 7–5, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6 |
bgcolor=#cc9966|Bronze | 1920 | Summer Olympics, Brussels | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Noel Turnbull | walkover{{efn|name=bronze|Match for 3rd and 4th place}} |
=Doubles (1 gold medal)=
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!Result !Year !style="width:200px"|Location !Surface !style="width:130px"|Partner !style="width:130px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score | ||||||
bgcolor="gold"|Gold | 1912 | Summer Olympics, Stockholm | Clay | {{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Harold Kitson | {{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Felix Pipes {{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Arthur Zborzil | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
Notes
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Sources
- Overson, C. "... and never got another one", The Cricket Statistician, No. 144, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, Nottingham, UK.
References
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External links
- {{ATP}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Wimbledon player}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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Category:English emigrants to South Africa
Category:South African male tennis players
Category:Olympic tennis players for South Africa
Category:Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
Category:Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in tennis
Category:Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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