Josiah Ritchie
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| Full name | Major Josiah George Ritchie | ||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom
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| Born |
18 October 1870 Westminster, England |
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| Died | 28 February 1955 (aged 84) Ashford, Middlesex, England |
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| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 580-127 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (1905, Karoly Mazak) | ||||||||||||
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| Wimbledon | F (1902AC, 1903AC, 1904AC, 1909Ch) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (1905) | ||||||||||||
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| WCCC | SF (1920) | ||||||||||||
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| Wimbledon | W (1908, 1910) | ||||||||||||
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Major Josiah George Ritchie (18 October 1870 – 28 February 1955) was a male tennis player from Great Britain. He was born in Westminster and died in Ashford, Middlesex and educated at Brighton College.
He was a three-time medalist at the 1908 London Olympics. At the Games he won a Gold (Men's Singles), Silver (Men's Doubles) and Bronze (Men's Indoor Singles) medal. He remained the last British player to win an Olympic medal in singles until Andy Murray won Gold in the 2012 games, also in London. In 1908 and 1910 he and Anthony Wilding won the doubles in Wimbledon. In 1909 he reached the Wimbledon singles Challenge Round, losing to Arthur Gore. He also reached the All-Comers final in 1902, 1903 and 1904. In March 1907 Ritchie caused an upset by defeating Lawrence Doherty in the Monte Carlo singles final. In June 1907 he won the Irish championships. Ritchie was a five times winner of the Championships of Germany, played in Hamburg, from 1903 to 1906 and in 1908 (in 1904 and 1906 he also won the doubles title). He was also a five-time winner of the singles title at the Austrian Championship (from 1900 to 1903 and 1905). In 1908 he was member of the British Davis Cup team. He won three consecutive titles at the Surrey Championships from 1908–1910.
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