Gordon Crole-Rees

Gordon Crole-Rees
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	17 November 1883; Southend-on-Sea, England
Died	9 June 1954 (aged 70); Southend, England
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1925)
Wimbledon	3R (1925, 1927)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1925)
Wimbledon	QF (1926, 1927, 1928)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1930)

Gordon Rhind Oak Crole-Rees (17 November 1883 – 9 June 1954) was a British tennis player.

Career

Crole-Rees was educated at Highgate School from September 1905 until April 1911.^[1]

Davis Cup

Crole-Rees made his Davis Cup debut in 1925 when he was used by Great Britain for two singles rubbers against France at Devonshire Park.^[2]^[3] For the rest of Davis Cup career, a further nine ties, he featured only in the doubles. Initially he partnered Charles Kingsley and then he played alongside Cyril Eames.

Wimbledon

Crole-Rees twice reached the third round at the Wimbledon Championships, but had more success at the tournament as a doubles player. He made the quarter-finals in the men's doubles in three successive years from 1926 to 1928. In the 1927 Wimbledon Championships, en route to the quarter-finals, Crole-Rees and his partner Cyril Eames managed to defeat second seeds Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste.^[4] He made semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Phyllis Mudford at the 1930 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles titles

References

^ Tucker, Rodney C (1950). Highgate School Register (5th ed.). p. 107.
^ "Lawn Tennis". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 13 July 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
^ "Davis Cup". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 16 July 1925. p. 11. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
^ "Current Topics". The Sydney Mail. 6 July 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

External links

Gordon Crole-Rees at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Gordon Crole-Rees at the Davis Cup
Gordon Crole-Rees at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Tucker, Rodney C (1950). Highgate School Register (5th ed.). p. 107.

[2] "Lawn Tennis". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 13 July 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[3] "Davis Cup". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 16 July 1925. p. 11. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[4] "Current Topics". The Sydney Mail. 6 July 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

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