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Clement Cazalet

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Clement Cazalet
Cazalet, ca. 1900
Full nameClement Haughton Langston Cazalet
Country (sports)United Kingdom
Born(1869-07-16)16 July 1869
Holmwood, Surrey
Died23 March 1950(1950-03-23) (aged 80)
Harrow, London
Singles
Career record98–82[1]
Career titles5[1]
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1896, 1906)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonF (1897, 1902, 1906)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesSF (1908)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Tennis, Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Doubles

Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet DSO (16 July 1869 – 23 March 1950) was a British tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]

He was the son among 10 children of businessman William Clement Cazalet[2] (brother of Edward Cazalet) and Emmeline Agnes Cazalet (nee Fawcett). Cazalet was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His career singles highlights include win the Cambridge University LTC Tournament in 1888,[1] the Keswick Open in 1891,[1] and the Carlisle Open in 1899.[1]

In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles competition together with his partner Charles Dixon.[4]

While serving in the First World War as a Major and volunteer ambulance driver with the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Brigade,[2] Cazalet was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[5] By profession he was a marine engineer who worked on undersea cable laying projects in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Players: Cazalet, Clement". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Clement Cazalet". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 546. ISBN 9781108036115.
  4. ^ "Clement Cazalet Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  5. ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1917. p. 5469.