Doug Scharenguivel

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| name = Doug Scharenguivel

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| fullname = Douglas Herman Scharenguivel

| country_represented = {{flag|Ceylon}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|07|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ceylon

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|07|10|1918|07|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bristol, England

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| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1950, 1952, 1954)

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| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1951, 1952, 1953)

| WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1951)

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Douglas Herman Scharenguivel (23 July 1918 — 10 July 1995) was a British-Sri Lankan tennis player.

Scharenguivel grew up in what was then British Ceylon, where he was a junior tennis champion. Post-war he moved to Bristol to complete his studies and found work as a civil engineer, living during this time in the town of Filton.{{cite news |title=Bristol Player In Ceylon Davis Cup Team |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000764/19530409/008/0008 |work=Bristol Evening Post |date=9 April 1953}}

A Gloucestershire county captain, Scharenguivel reached the singles second round at Wimbledon on three occasions, was a two-time Exmouth Open singles champion and won the West of England Championships in doubles.{{cite news |title=I could never be purely a social player - Doug |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19710213/036/0036 |work=Bristol Evening Post |date=13 February 1971}} He won the singles title at Bath every year from 1947 to 1952.{{cite news |title=Beaten - After Seven Years |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000764/19530711/023/0023 |work=Bristol Evening Post |date=11 July 1953}} In 1953 he was called up to the Ceylon Davis Cup team for the country's debut tournament appearance and played a tie against the Netherlands in Scheveningen.

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