Hugh Laurence Doherty was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty.
15 Facts About Laurence Doherty
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Laurence Doherty was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles.
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Laurence Doherty was the shorter of the two brothers, at 1.78 m, who played championship tennis in their native England and at Wimbledon at the turn of the century.
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Laurence Doherty gained his blues in 1896,1897, and 1898.
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In 1892 Laurence Doherty won the Renshaw cup, the All-England Championships singles title for boys under 16 which was held in Scarborough.
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Laurence Doherty won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, six consecutive times between 1901 and 1906.
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Laurence Doherty won the singles event of the tennis competition at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Laurence Doherty won the doubles title at the 1900 Olympic Games with his brother.
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Between 1902 and 1906 Laurence Doherty played for the British Davis Cup team and was undefeated during this period.
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In 1903 Laurence Doherty won both his singles matches as well as the doubles match to help the British Isles to their first Davis Cup victory.
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Laurence Doherty gave up tennis for golf in 1906 and distinguished himself in that sport as well.
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In 1908 Laurence Doherty reached the last 16 of the British amateur championship at the Royal St George's course.
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In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, Laurence Doherty joined the Anti-Aircraft branch of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve but was released in 1915 due to ill health.
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Laurence Doherty died of toxemia on 21 August 1919 at Leon Cottage in Broadstairs, Kent after suffering from tubercular nephritis and cystitis for two years.
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Laurence Doherty was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1980 together with his brother.