Full name | Ernest George Meers |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | 1849
[1] Kingsnorth, Kent, England [2] |
Died | 20 August 1928 (aged 79)
[3] York, Yorkshire, England |
Turned pro | 1885 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1895 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 95-57, (62.5%) [4] |
Career titles | 8 [5] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | SF ( 1895) |
US Open | SF ( 1889) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | F ( 1888) |
Ernest George Meers (1849 – 20 August 1928) was an English tennis player, organist and gum merchant.
Meers was born in Kingsnorth, near Ashford, Kent. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen's College, Oxford and was later chairman and managing director of Watts Ltd, gummakers. [6] He married Eliza Rose, daughter of Captain Henry Douglas-Hart of the Madras Army, who was assassinated while serving in India in 1858. They had three sons and two daughters who survived him. [7]
His played first tournament at the North of England Championships in Scarborough in 1884 going out in the round of 16. [8] He reached his first final at Sittingbourne in 1885 losing to Ernest Wool Lewis. [9] Meers played at the Wimbledon Championships between 1890 and 1895, reaching the quarterfinals of the all-comers competition in 1894 and the semifinals in 1895. [10] He reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1889 and won the British Covered Court Championships in 1892. [11] His other singles successes included winning the British Covered Court Championships indoors on hard wood courts in 1891. [12] He won the Kent Championships on grass three times (1888, 1890–91). [13] In addition he also won three titles at the Essex Championships (1887–88, 1890) and the Chingford Open (1888), the Middlesex Championships onetime in 1891. [14] He played his last tournament at the British Covered Court Championships in 1896 going out in the quarter-finals. [15]
Full name | Ernest George Meers |
---|---|
Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | 1849
[1] Kingsnorth, Kent, England [2] |
Died | 20 August 1928 (aged 79)
[3] York, Yorkshire, England |
Turned pro | 1885 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1895 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 95-57, (62.5%) [4] |
Career titles | 8 [5] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | SF ( 1895) |
US Open | SF ( 1889) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | F ( 1888) |
Ernest George Meers (1849 – 20 August 1928) was an English tennis player, organist and gum merchant.
Meers was born in Kingsnorth, near Ashford, Kent. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen's College, Oxford and was later chairman and managing director of Watts Ltd, gummakers. [6] He married Eliza Rose, daughter of Captain Henry Douglas-Hart of the Madras Army, who was assassinated while serving in India in 1858. They had three sons and two daughters who survived him. [7]
His played first tournament at the North of England Championships in Scarborough in 1884 going out in the round of 16. [8] He reached his first final at Sittingbourne in 1885 losing to Ernest Wool Lewis. [9] Meers played at the Wimbledon Championships between 1890 and 1895, reaching the quarterfinals of the all-comers competition in 1894 and the semifinals in 1895. [10] He reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1889 and won the British Covered Court Championships in 1892. [11] His other singles successes included winning the British Covered Court Championships indoors on hard wood courts in 1891. [12] He won the Kent Championships on grass three times (1888, 1890–91). [13] In addition he also won three titles at the Essex Championships (1887–88, 1890) and the Chingford Open (1888), the Middlesex Championships onetime in 1891. [14] He played his last tournament at the British Covered Court Championships in 1896 going out in the quarter-finals. [15]