Charles Eames

Full name	Charles Gladstone Robert Eames
Country (sports)	GBR
Born	19 December 1860 New Cross, London, England
Died	2 February 1943 Battersea, London, England
Turned pro	1886 (amateur tour)
Retired	1908
Singles
Career record	67–17 (79.8%)[1]
Career titles	8[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (1888)

Charles Gladstone Robert Eames. (19 December 1860 – 2 February 1943) was an English tennis player who competed at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.^[2] He was active from 1886 to 1908 and won 8 career singles titles.^[1]

Career

Eames was born on 19 December 1860 in New Cross, London, England.^[3] He played his first tournament in 1886 at the Gore Court Championships in Sittingbourne where he reached the semi-finals.^[1] He won his first singles title in 1887 at the Stevenage Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.^[1]

In 1888 he took part in first Wimbledon Championships where he was defeated in the second round by Ernest Wool Lewis in straight sets.^[4] In 1907 he won his final singles title at the Exmouth Open. He played his final tournament at the Isle of Wight Championships at Ryde in 1908.^[1] Eames played tennis for twelve seasons between 1886 and 1908 where he contested seventeen finals, and won eight singles titles.^[1] He died in Battersea, London, England on 2 February 1943.^[5]

Career finals

Notes: All Comers Finalist where indicated by (*).

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners-up)

Category + (Titles)
Major (0)
National (0)
Regional (0)
County (1)
Regular (7)

Titles by Surface
Clay – Outdoor (2)
Grass – Outdoor (6)
Hard – Outdoor (0)
Wood – Indoor (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.[1]	1887	Stevenage Open Lawn Tennis Tournament	Stevenage	Grass	W. Dunn	6–0 6–1
Winner	2.[1]	1887	Rochester Open	Rochester	Grass	Dr. Harry T. Shapley	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.[1]	1888	Kent LTC Championships	Charlton	Grass	Ernest George Meers	1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.[1]	1888	Rochester Open (2)	Rochester	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.[1]	1888	Acton Vale LTC Open	East Acton	Grass	Ernest George Meers	1–6, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.[1]	1888	Essex Championships	Chingford	Clay	F. O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.[1]	1889	Kent LTC Championships	Charlton	Grass	Ernest George Meers	8–6, 8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	5.[1]	1889	Leamington Open Tournament	Leamington Spa	Grass	Francis Seymour Noon	4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	4.[1]	1889	London Championships	West Kensington	Grass	Ernest George Meers	8–6, 8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	6.[1]	1889	Leicester Open	Leicester	Grass	William Drumond Hamilton	7–5, 1–6, 10–8, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	5.[1]	1889	Nottinghamshire Championships	Nottingham	Grass	William Drumond Hamilton	5–7, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	6.[1]	1889	Kent Championships *	Beckenham	Grass	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	5–7, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.[1]	1890	Connaught Hard Court Championships	Beckenham	Clay	Arthur Gore	6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	7.[1]	1890	New York Tennis Club Spring Open	New York City	Clay	Carman Randolph Runyon	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.[1]	1891	Essex Championships	Chingford	Clay	Arthur Gore	12–10, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.[1]	1905	Rochester Open	Rochester	Grass	Nigel George Davidson	7–9, 2–6
Winner	8.[1]	1907	Exmouth Open	Exmouth	Grass	R.F.J. Harrison	6–2, 6–0

Family

His son Cyril Gladstone Eames born (1890) was also a tennis player.

References

External links

• Free BMD Entry
• Wimbledon Official Player Profile.