George Caridia
 George Aristides Caridia, English tennis player, making a backhand (before 1908) | ||||||||||||
| Full name | George Aristides Caridia | |||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1869 Calcutta, British India | |||||||||||
| Died | 21 April 1937 (aged 68) London, England | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 126-60 (67.7%) [1] | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 12 [1] | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1903) | |||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
| WHCC | 1R (1912) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1904)[2] | |||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Aristides Caridia (Greek: Γεώργιος Αριστείδης Καρυδιάς; 20 February 1869 – 21 April 1937) was a British male tennis player and a two-time Olympic silver medalist.[3]
Career
[edit]At the 1908 London Olympics, Caridia won those medals in the men's singles and doubles (with George Simond) event (both were contested indoor). In both finals he lost to fellow British player Arthur Gore.[4] Caridia reached the singles semifinals of Wimbledon in 1903 (losing in four sets to Major Ritchie) and the quarterfinals in 1904 and 1909.[5]
Caridia was reportedly best on covered courts, which suited his strong half-volley; he won the Welsh Covered Court Championships nine times between 1899 and 1909, playing at Craigside, Llandudno, Wales for 20 consecutive years. In 1900, he won the French Covered Court Championships in Paris against Harold Mahony. In addition, he was a finalist at the London Covered Court Championships (1906), losing to Tony Wilding, and an all-comers finalist at the British Covered Court Championships (1905), losing to Major Ritchie.
Caridia later became a committee member of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Association. He died in 1937 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "George Caridia: Career match record". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL.
- ^ "Wimbledon players archive – George Caridia". Wimbledon. AELTC.
- ^ "George Caridia". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "George Caridia Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 443–444. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
External links
[edit]- George Caridia at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Obituary The Times 22 April 1937
- George Caridia at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- George Caridia at the International Tennis Federation
- George Caridia at TennisArchives.com
- George Caridia at Olympedia
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