21 August 1919(1919-08-21) (aged 43) Broadstairs, England
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro
1893 (amateur)
Retired
1910
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF
1980 (member page)
Singles
Career record
293–38 (88.5%)[1]
Career titles
51[1]
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1898, ITHF)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon
W (1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906)
US Open
W (1903)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon
W (1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905)
US Open
W (1902, 1903)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
W (1903, 1904, 1905, 1906)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
1900 Paris
Singles
1900 Paris
Doubles
Representing a Mixed team
1900 Paris
Mixed doubles
Laurence Doherty
Hugh Laurence Doherty (8 October 1875 – 21 August 1919) was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles (also winning a Bronze in mixed doubles). In 1903 he became the first non-American player to win the U.S. National Championships.[3]
^ ab"Laurence Doherty: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^"Hall of Famers – Laurence Doherty". International Tennis Hall of Fame.
^"Laurence Doherty". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
Hugh LaurenceDoherty (8 October 1875 – 21 August 1919) was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a...
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players present. The Doherty brothers, Reginald and Laurence, were the premier players; they won the men's doubles together, Laurence won the men's singles...
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