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Ernest Meers

Ernest Meers
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Meers (before 1903)
Full name Ernest George Meers
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Born 1848
Kent, England
Died August 20, 1928 (aged 79/80)
York, England
Turned pro 1885 (amateur tour)
Retired 1895
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Highest ranking No. 5 (1888, Karoly Mazak)
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 in York) was an English tennis player, organist and gum merchant.

Meers was born in Ashford, Kent. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen's College, Oxford and was later chairman and managing director of Watts Ltd, gummakers. 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.


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. He reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1889 and won the British Covered Court Championships in 1892.

He was ranked World No. 5 for 1888 by Karoly Mazak.



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