Reginald Doherty

Reginald Doherty, known in the tennis world as R. F. rather than Reggie, was a British tennis player born on 14 October 1872 and the older brother of fellow player Laurence Doherty. He was a four-time Wimbledon singles champion and also won three Olympic gold medals, in doubles and mixed doubles, which places him among the leading players of the Edwardian period. The English Wikipedia article treats him as one half of a famous brother partnership and records his death on 29 December 1910, at the age of thirty-eight. His reputation rests on the combination of Wimbledon singles titles and Olympic gold, a rare double for a player of the early years of the sport at the highest level.