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British tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet DSO (16 July 1869 – 23 March 1950) was a British tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
Full name | Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom | |||||||||||
Born | Holmwood, Surrey | 16 July 1869|||||||||||
Died | 23 March 1950 80) Harrow, London | (aged|||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 98–82[1] | |||||||||||
Career titles | 5[1] | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1896, 1906) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1897, 1902, 1906) | |||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | SF (1908) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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He was the son among 10 children of businessman William Clement Cazalet[2] (brother of Edward Cazalet) and Emmeline Agnes Cazalet (nee Fawcett). Cazalet was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His career singles highlights include win the Cambridge University LTC Tournament in 1888,[1] the Keswick Open in 1891,[1] and the Carlisle Open in 1899.[1]
In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles competition together with his partner Charles Dixon.[4]
While serving in the First World War as a Major and volunteer ambulance driver with the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Brigade,[2] Cazalet was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[5] By profession he was a marine engineer who worked on undersea cable laying projects in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.[2]
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