Cyril Eames
British tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyril Gladstone Eames (20 October 1890 – 1 August 1974) was a British tennis player.
Full name | Cyril Gladstone Eames |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | (1890-10-20)20 October 1890 |
Died | 1 August 1974(1974-08-01) (aged 83) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1925) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1925, 1926, 1927, 1928) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | SF (1925) |
Wimbledon | QF (1926, 1927, 1928) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1925) |
Wimbledon | QF (1925) |
Eames was most active in the 1920s and made the Wimbledon singles second round four times.[1]
It was his doubles partnership with Gordon Crole-Rees that he was most known for. The pair won the British Covered Court Championships, twice made the Wimbledon doubles quarter-finals and were doubles semi-finalists at the 1925 French Championships, where they lost in five sets to Jean Borotra and René Lacoste.[2] They featured together in the 1928 and 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup) campaigns, winning four of their five doubles rubbers.[3] In their only loss, to Italy in the 1928 Europe Zone semi-final, they had held match points[4]
In 1931 he announced his intention to retire from the tour.[5]