Percival Davson

{{short description|British sportsman}}

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|name = Percival Davson

|fullname = Percival May Davson

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|country = United Kingdom

| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|9|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Demerara, British Guiana

| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|12|5|1877|9|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Paddington, London, England

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|turnedpro = 1906 (amateur tour)

|retired = 1926

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|highestsinglesranking = No. 8 (1919, A. Wallis Myers)United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 422.

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|Wimbledonresult = QF (1914, 1922)

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|WHCCresult = 1R (1920)

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|WimbledonDoublesresult = SF (1920)

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|WCCCDoublesresult = W (1920)

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|DavisCupresult = F (1919^Ch)

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Percival May Davson (30 September 1877 – 5 December 1959) was a British fencer and tennis player. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DAVSOPER01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Percival Davson |accessdate=4 April 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016235729/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DAVSOPER01 |archivedate=16 October 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/percival-davson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042041/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/percival-davson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Percival Davson Olympic Results |accessdate=4 April 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}} He also competed in the Davis Cup in 1919.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22119 |title=Percival Davson |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 March 2021}}

In April 1913, Percival won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships after defeating Erik Larsen in the final in four sets.{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis – Covered Courts Championship|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001384/19130428/174/0009|work=Dublin Daily Express|publisher=British Newspaper Archive|date=28 April 1913|page=9}}

Davson was ranked World No. 8 in 1919 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph. He reached the Wimbledon quarter finals in 1914 (losing to Alfred Beamish) and 1922 (losing to Randolph Lycett).