George Caridia

George Caridia, whose full name was George Aristides Caridia, was a British tennis player, born on 20 February 1869 and died on 21 April 1937, and a two-time Olympic silver medalist. At the 1908 London Olympics he won silver medals in the men's singles and in the doubles with George Simond, both contested indoors, losing both finals to the British player Arthur Gore. He reached the singles semifinals of Wimbledon in 1903, losing in four sets to Major Ritchie, and the quarterfinals in 1904 and 1909. He was best on covered courts, won the Welsh Covered Court Championships nine times between 1899 and 1909, and later became a committee member of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Association.