Harold Mahony
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| Full name | Harold Segerson Mahony | |||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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13 February 1867 Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Died | 27 June 1905 (aged 38) County Kerry, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1890 (amateur tour) | |||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1905 (due to death) | |||||||||||||||
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| Career titles | 59 | |||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 2 (1896, Karoly Mazak) | |||||||||||||||
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| Wimbledon | W (1896) | |||||||||||||||
| US Open | 4R (1903) | |||||||||||||||
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| Wimbledon | F (1892AC, 1903AC) | |||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (1897) | |||||||||||||||
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Harold Segerson Mahony (13 February 1867 – 27 June 1905) was a Scottish-born Irish tennis player who is best known for winning the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships in 1896. His career lasted from 1888 until his death in 1905. Mahony was born in Scotland but lived in Ireland for the majority of his life; his family were Irish including both of his parents, the family home was in County Kerry, Southwestern Ireland. He was the last Scottish born man to win Wimbledon until the victory of Andy Murray at the 2013 championships.
Mahony was born at 21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to Richard John Mahony, an Irish barrister and prominent landowner. The family had a home in Scotland but spent most of their time at Dromore Castle, in County Kerry, Ireland. Harold trained on a specially built tennis court at Dromore.
Mahony made his Wimbledon debut in 1890 exiting in the first round. He reached the semifinal in 1891 and 1892. Mahony spent some time in America in the mid-1890s, before returning to England and finally taking the Wimbledon crown in 1896. In the final he beat Wilfred Baddeley of Great Britain in five sets: 6–2, 6–8, 5–7, 8–6, 6–3. Under the challenger system Mahony was entitled to defend the Wimbledon title in 1897 but this time he was beaten in the Challenge Round in three straight sets by Reginald Doherty. He was the last Scottish-born player to win a grand slam until Andy Murray won the US Open in 2012 and win Wimbledon until Murray won it in 2013. He was recognised as the third and last Irishman to win the Wimbledon singles.
He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, in 1893 and successfully defended his title the following year. In 1895 Mahony forfeited the defence of his title due to illness. In 1898 he won the singles titles at the prestigious Irish Championships. That same year Mahony, who was a regular competitor in Germany and spoke fluent German, also won the singles title at the German Championships.
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