George Aristides Caridia, English tennis player, making a backhand (before 1908)
Full name
George Aristides Caridia
Country (sports)
Great Britain
Born
(1869-02-20)20 February 1869 Calcutta, British India
Died
21 April 1937(1937-04-21) (aged 68) London, England
Singles
Career record
126-60 (67.7%) [1]
Career titles
12 [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon
SF (1903)
Other tournaments
WHCC
1R (1912)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon
F (1904)[2]
Other doubles tournaments
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
1908 London
Indoor singles
1908 London
Indoor doubles
George Aristides Caridia (Greek: Γεώργιος Αριστείδης Καρυδιάς; 20 February 1869 – 21 April 1937) was a British male tennis player and a two-time Olympic silver medalist.[3]
^ ab"George Caridia: Career match record". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL.
^"Wimbledon players archive – George Caridia". Wimbledon. AELTC.
^"George Caridia". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
George Aristides Caridia (Greek: Γεώργιος Αριστείδης Καρυδιάς; 20 February 1869 – 21 April 1937) was a British male tennis player and a two-time Olympic...
Rod Laver (18), American player Bill Tilden II (15), British players GeorgeCaridia (9), Laurence Doherty (8), Ernest Wool Lewis (7), New Zealander Anthony...
out of position. The half-volley came to prominence in the hands of GeorgeCaridia and Ernest Lewis in the early 1900s. Arguably the greatest half-volleyer...
competition together with his partner GeorgeCaridia. "George Simond". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021. "George Simond Olympic Results". sports-reference...
Tennis in 1896 was a sport that allowed mixed teams, and both Boland and George S. Robertson joined partners from other nations to win their medals. Great...
Britain (GBR) Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore Great Britain (GBR) GeorgeCaridiaGeorge Simond Sweden (SWE) Wollmar Boström Gunnar Setterwall Women's singles...
Britain GeorgeCaridia Great Britain Josiah Ritchie Great Britain Men's Indoor Doubles details Herbert Barrett and Arthur Gore (GBR) GeorgeCaridia and...
title at the London Covered Courts Championships in October, beating GeorgeCaridia in the final, he travelled by boat to New Zealand and in late December...
6–1. 1897 George Greville Richard Clifford 6–1, 7–5, 6–1. 1898 Harold Adair Nisbet George Ball-Greene 6–0, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3. 1899 GeorgeCaridia Arthur Henry...
formidable backhand. His forehand was less notable: his fellow player, George Hillyard, wrote that he "never did acquire the right method of hitting the...
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