Laurence Doherty

Hugh Laurence Doherty, known as Little Do, was a British tennis player born in Wimbledon on 8 October 1875, the younger brother of Reginald Doherty. He won six Grand Slam singles titles, including five consecutive Wimbledon championships, and with his brother won eight Wimbledon doubles titles. In 1903 he became the first non-American to win the United States National Championships, beating the defending champion William Larned in the final at Newport. At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris he won the singles and doubles events and took a bronze in mixed doubles. He was undefeated for the British Isles in the Davis Cup between 1902 and 1906, helping win the cup in 1903 and defend it through 1906. He gave up tennis for golf in 1906 and died on 21 August 1919 in Broadstairs, Kent. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1980 together with his brother.