A. Wallis Myers

Arthur Wallis Myers CBE (24 July 1878 – 17 June 1939)[1] was an English tennis correspondent, editor, author and player. He is considered to be one of the leading tennis journalists of the first half of the 20th century.[2]

Arthur Wallis Myers
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1878-07-24)24 July 1878
Kettering, England
Died17 June 1939(1939-06-17) (aged 60)
Berrow, Epsom, England
Turned pro1903 (amateur tour)
Retired1926 (played part-time afterwards)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open2R (1926)
Wimbledon2R (1921)
US Open2R (1921)
Other tournaments
WHCC3R (1921)
WCCC1R (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonQF (1908)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1914)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
WHCCSF (1914)

Myers was son of the Rev. John Brown Myers, secretary to the Baptist Missionary Society, and Agnes Traphena (née Nutter). He was educated at Watford Endowed School and The Leys School in Cambridge.[3][4][5]

Myers was the editor of the Ayers Lawn Tennis Almanack from 1908 onwards.[6] Myers was the lawn tennis correspondent of The Daily Telegraph from 1909 until his death in 1939, the lawn tennis editor of The Field and author of several books on tennis including a biography on four time Wimbledon champion Anthony Wilding who was killed in the First World War. During that war Myers served in the Ministry of Information.[7]

He was a keen tennis player himself and was active mainly in doubles. In April 1906 he won the doubles title with Wilding at the Championships of Barcelona.[8] He won the Monte Carlo doubles championship in 1910 and 1921 and the mixed doubles in 1909.[9] Myers played in the mixed doubles at the 1914 World Hard Court Championships with Phyllis Satterthwaite, reaching the semi-finals, and teamed up with Molla Bjurstedt Mallory at the 1923 Monte Carlo tournament.[10] In 1923 he won the doubles title of the South of France championships.[9] He was the captain of British tennis teams on tour in Europe, South Africa and India.[2]

In 1924 he founded the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain[11][12] with Lord Balfour, former Prime Minister, and subsequently Member of the Cabinet, as its first President. He was appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by French President Paul Doumer on 29 April 1932 for services to tennis.[13]

In 1900, Myers married Lilian, daughter of Captain George Gentry, of Maldon, Essex.[14] A tribute to Wallis Myers, A. Wallis Myers: A testament to tennis, was written by Prue, the youngest of his seven children.[15][16]

Bibliography
  • Lawn tennis at home and abroad (1903) (online)
  • The complete lawn tennis player (1908) (online)
  • Leaders of lawn tennis (1912) (online)
  • C.B. Fry : the man and his methods (1912)
  • The story of the Davis Cup (1913)
  • Captain Anthony Wilding (1916) (online)
  • Twenty years of lawn tennis : some personal memories (1921) (online)
  • Fifty years of Wimbledon : the story of the lawn tennis championships (1926)
  • Lawn tennis, its principles & practice: a player's guide to modern methods (1930)
  • Memory's parade (1932)

References
  1. Archives, Tennis. "Arthur Wallis Myers". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. "Wallis Myers Dies". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 19 June 1939. p. 11. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. Who was who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949, originally compiled by Edward Martell and L. G. Pine, Gale Research Co., 1978, p. 1033
  4. Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, ed. Arthur Hesilrige, Kelly's Directories, 1931, p. 1933
  5. https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/arthur-w-myers-%E2%80%93-a-testament-to-tennis.576159
  6. "A. Wallis Myers – Tennis Authority's Death". The Sydney Morning Herald. Jun 19, 1939.
  7. Martin Smith, ed. (2010). The Daily Telegraph book of Wimbledon. London: Aurum. pp. XIV, XV. ISBN 9781845135430.
  8. "Open Tournaments – Barcelona". Lawn Tennis and Badminton. Vol. XI no. 277. 18 April 1906. pp. 8, 9.
  9. Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1935.
  10. "Miss Mallory Eliminated in Singles and Doubles of Tennis Tournament at Monte Carlo". Providence News. Mar 3, 1923.
  11. History of the IC Archived September 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Death of Wallis Myers". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1939. p. 15. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  13. "Legion of Honour For Tennis Player", The Straits Times, 28 May 1932.
  14. Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, ed. Arthur Hesilrige, Kelly's Directories, 1931, p. 1933
  15. https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/arthur-w-myers-%E2%80%93-a-testament-to-tennis.576159
  16. https://tennisgallerywimbledon.com/products/a-wallis-myers-a-testament-to-tennis
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