Frank Riseley

Frank Riseley

Full name	Frank Lorymer Riseley
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1877-07-06)6 July 1877 Clifton, Bristol, UK
Died	6 February 1959(1959-02-06) (aged 81) Torquay, UK
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	174/72 (70.7%) [1]
Career titles	7 [2]
Highest ranking	No. 3 (1906, Karoly Mazak)[3]
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	F (1903Ch, 1904Ch, 1906Ch)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1902, 1906)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1919)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1904)

Frank Lorymer Riseley (6 July 1877 – 6 February 1959) was a British tennis player.

Career

Frank L Riseley beginning of service

Riseley won the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Doubles title twice, in 1902 and 1906, partnering with Sydney Smith. His singles career at Wimbledon was impressive, though he never won the title. In 1903 Riseley beat Smith and Major Ritchie before losing in the Challenge Round to Laurence Doherty.^[4] In 1904 Riseley beat Harold Mahony, Arthur Gore, Smith and Ritchie before losing in the challenge round to Laurence Doherty.^[5] In 1906 Riseley beat Smith and Gore before losing to Laurence Doherty. ^[6]

He played for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in 1904 against Belgium and won both his singles matches. His second and last Davis Cup appearance came 18 years later, in 1922, when he won the doubles match partnering with Algernon Kingscote.^[7]

Riseley won the 1902 edition of the Scottish Championships, held in Moffat, and the Irish Championships in 1906. In June 1906 he won the singles event at the short-lived Championships of Europe tournament, held in Leicester that year. In the final he was leading the Irishman George Ball-Greene, 4–6, 6–1, 5–1 when the latter retired.^[8]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 runners-up

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1903	Wimbledon	Grass	Laurence Doherty	5–7, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	1904	Wimbledon	Grass	Laurence Doherty	1–6, 5–7, 6–8
Runner-up	1906	Wimbledon	Grass	Laurence Doherty	4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1902	Wimbledon	Grass	Sydney Smith	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	4–6, 8–6, 6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Runner-up	1903	Wimbledon	Grass	Sydney Smith	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1904	Wimbledon	Grass	Sydney Smith	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1905	Wimbledon	Grass	Sydney Smith	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	2–6, 4–6, 8–6, 3–6
Winner	1906	Wimbledon	Grass	Sydney Smith	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6–8, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3

References

External links

• Frank Riseley at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Frank Riseley at the International Tennis Federation
• Frank Riseley at the Davis Cup