Algernon Kingscote
Kingscote in 1914
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| Full name | Algernon Robert Fitzhardinge Kingscote |
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom |
| Born | 3 December 1888 Bangalore, India |
| Died | 21 December 1964 (aged 76) Woking, Surrey, Great Britain |
| Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1920, A. Wallis Myers) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1919) |
| Wimbledon | F (1919) |
| French Open Senior | 1R (1930) |
| Other tournaments | |
| WHCC | QF (1914) |
| Olympic Games | 4R (1924) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1919) |
| Wimbledon | F (1920) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| WHCC | F (1914) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (1924) |
Algernon Robert Fitzhardinge "Algy" Kingscote (3 December 1888 – 21 December 1964) was a British tennis player, who won the Men's Singles event at the Australasian Championships in 1919.
Kingscote also competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was born in Bangalore, India, in 1888.
Algernon Kingscote learned playing tennis on the courts of the Château-d'Œx Club in Switzerland, where he won numerous championships. In his early years he trained with American teenager player R. Norris Williams. He was crowned Swiss champion in 1908 and champion of Bengal in 1913. He held the Kent Championships title for four consecutive years between 1919–1922 and in total won the title six times. He won the singles title at the 1919 Australasian Championships, along with the first Anthony Wilding Memorial Medal, beating Eric Pockley of New South Wales in straight sets. In the 1920 Wimbledon Championships he reached the doubles final alongside James Cecil Parke but eventually lost to the team of Garland–Williams. In 1921 Kingscote was a runner-up at the Monte-Carlo Championships losing to fellow countryman Gordon Lowe in four sets. He represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup seven times between 1919 and 1924 compiling a 9–8 win-loss record. In the 1922 Wimbledon Championships first round against Leslie Godfree they established the routine of saluting the Royal Box by bowing in front of it, a tradition that was in effect to 2003. He won the Queen's Club Championships in 1924 beating Gordon Lowe in four sets in the final.
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