Ernest George Meers

Ernest George Meers (1849 – 20 August 1928) was an English tennis player, organist and gum merchant.

Ernest Meers
Meers (before 1903)
Full nameErnest George Meers
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born1849[1]
Kingsnorth, Kent, England[2]
Died20 August 1928 (aged 79)[3]
York, Yorkshire, England
Turned pro1885 (amateur tour)
Retired1895
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record95-57, (62.5%) [4]
Career titles8 [5]
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonSF (1895)
US OpenSF (1889)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonF (1888)

Biography

Meers was born in Kingsnorth, near Ashford, Kent. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen's College, Oxford and was later chairman and managing director of Watts Ltd, gummakers.[6] He married Eliza Rose, daughter of Captain Henry Douglas-Hart of the Madras Army, who was assassinated while serving in India in 1858. They had three sons and two daughters who survived him.[7]

Tennis career

His played first tournament at the North of England Championships in Scarborough in 1884 going out in the round of 16.[8] He reached his first final at Sittingbourne in 1885 losing to Ernest Wool Lewis.[9] Meers played at the Wimbledon Championships between 1890 and 1895, reaching the quarterfinals of the all-comers competition in 1894 and the semifinals in 1895.[10] He reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1889 and won the British Covered Court Championships in 1892.[11], His other singles successes included winning the British Covered Court Championships indoors on hard wood courts in 1891.[12] He won the Kent Championships on grass three times (1888, 1890-91).[13] In addition he also won three titles at the Essex Championships (1887-88, 1890) and the Middlesex Championships onetime in 1891.[14] He played his last tournament at the British Covered Court Championships in 1896 going out in the quarter-finals. [15]

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References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  2. 1911 England Census
  3. Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1987
  4. Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Player – Ernest George Meers". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Player – Ernest George Meers". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. "Mr. E. G. Meers". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 August 1928. p. 14.
  7. "The Late Mr. E. G. Meers". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 31 August 1928. p. 14.
  8. Garcia, Gabriel, the "Tennisbase", 2018
  9. Nieuwland, Tennis Archives
  10. Collins, B. (2010): History of Tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, p. 414.
  11. Myers, A.W. (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York, p. 77. (online)
  12. Nieuwland, Tennis Archives
  13. Nieuwland, Tennis Archives
  14. Nieuwland, Tennis Archives
  15. Nieuwland, Tennis Archives



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