Clement Cazalet
| File:Clement cazalet.jpg Cazalet, ca. 1900 | |
| Full name | Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
| Born | 16 July 1869 Holmwood, Surrey |
| Died | 23 March 1950 (aged 80) Harrow, London |
| 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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Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet DSO (16 July 1869 – 23 March 1950) was a British tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] He was the son among ten 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 winning 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Players: Cazalet, Clement". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Clement Cazalet". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ↑ Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 546. ISBN 9781108036115.
- ↑ "Clement Cazalet Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ↑ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1917. p. 5469.
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