Clement Cazalet
 Cazalet, ca. 1900 | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet | |||||||||||
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| 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Players: Cazalet, Clement". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d "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.
External links
[edit]- Clement Cazalet at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Clement Cazalet at the International Tennis Federation
- Clement Cazalet at Wimbledon
- Clement Cazalet at Olympedia
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