General Charles Percy
Dixon
Male
England
1873-02-07
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
1939-04-29
West Norwood, Greater London, England


About

In an all-British final, Charles Dixon and Edith Hannam beat Roper Barrett and Helen Aitchison to take the mixed doubles covered court title at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Mrs. Hannam had earlier won the women’s singles and Dixon had already made his mark on the tournament with an outstanding win over the reigning Wimbledon champion, Tony Wilding of New Zealand, in the semi-finals of the men’s singles. In the singles final, Dixon went down in straight sets to André Gobert of France but completed his set of Olympic medals by wining a bronze in the men’s doubles. Charles Dixon reached the All-Comers final of the singles at Wimbledon in 1901 and 1911 but he did not win a Wimbledon title until two months after the 1912 Olympics when the 39-year-old veteran won the Wimbledon doubles with Roper Barrett. He then took the 1912 Australian doubles title with James Parke and concluded a memorable year by captaining the team which recaptured the Davis Cup from Australasia. In 1913 Dixon and Roper Barrett successfully defended their Wimbledon title. Charles Dixon was educated at Haileybury and Clare College, Cambridge before becoming a solicitor. He played in four Davis Cup ties and while at Cambridge won a blue for Rackets, but surprisingly, not for lawn tennis. He was also a scratch golfer and his sporting talents were shared by his brother, John, who captained Nottinghamshire at cricket for many years and won an England cap at soccer.



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Archive statistics 1891 - 1926
34
413
310


Tournament wins 1924 - Gallery Tournament Covered Courts (Amateur)
1921 - Lowther (Amateur)
1920 - Margate (Amateur)
1910 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1910 - Dulwich Farm (Amateur)
1910 - East Surrey Championships (Amateur)
1910 - Fulham (Amateur)
1910 - Championships of Wales (Amateur)
1910 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1910 - Skegness (Amateur)
1909 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Epsom (Amateur)
1909 - Fulham (Amateur)
1909 - Lowestoft (Amateur)
1909 - Dulwich Farm (Amateur)
1909 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1908 - Lincolnshire Championship (Amateur)
1908 - Skegness (Amateur)
1908 - Fulham (Amateur)
1908 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1907 - Epsom (Amateur)
1907 - Nottingham (Open)
1907 - Lincolnshire Championship (Amateur)
1907 - Sutton on Sea (Amateur)
1907 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1906 - Lincolnshire Championship (Amateur)
1901 - Great Yarmouth (Amateur)
1901 - Oostende (Amateur)
1901 - Queens Club Tournament (ATP)
1901 - Nottingham (Open)
1901 - Suffolk Championships (Amateur)
1900 - Surrey Championships (Amateur)
1900 - East of England Championships (Open)
1900 - Suffolk Championships (Amateur)


Tournaments Wimbledon - 1926 Gallery Tournament Covered Courts - 1924 Rosendale Park Tournament - 1924 Wimbledon - 1923 Wimbledon - 1922 Wimbledon - 1921 Lowther - 1921 Wimbledon - 1920 Queens Club Tournament - 1920 Scottish Championships - 1920 Le Touquet Second Meeting - 1920 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1920 Middlesex Championships - 1920 Margate - 1920 Highbury - 1920 Wimbledon - 1919 World Covered Court Championships - 1919 Worthing - 1919 Wimbledon - 1914 Dieppe - 1914 Wimbledon - 1913 South of England Championships - 1913 All-Russian Championships - 1913 London Covered Court Championships - 1913 Davis Cup - Challenge Round - 1913 Australian Open - 1912 Wimbledon - 1912 Victorian Championships - 1912 Kent Championships - 1912 Olympics Indoor - 1912 Davis Cup - Semi-Finals - 1912 Davis Cup - Challenge Round - 1912 Wimbledon - 1911 Kent Championships - 1911 Davis Cup - Final - 1911 Wimbledon - 1910 Dieppe - 1910 Kent Championships - 1910 Surrey Championships - 1910 Championships of Wales - 1910 Nottingham - 1910 Cinque Ports Championships - 1910 South of England Championships - 1910 East Surrey Championships - 1910 Hythe - 1910 Fulham - 1910 Dulwich Farm - 1910 Skegness - 1910 Wimbledon - 1909 Kent Championships - 1909 Surrey Championships - 1909 Midland Counties Championships - 1909 Lowestoft - 1909 Cinque Ports Championships - 1909 Davis Cup - Final - 1909 British Covered Court Championships - 1909 Middlesex Championships - 1909 Crystal Palace - 1909 East Surrey Championships - 1909 Epsom - 1909 Fulham - 1909 Dulwich Farm - 1909 Wimbledon - 1908 Olympics, Olympic Games - 1908 Dieppe - 1908 Kent Championships - 1908 Midland Counties Championships - 1908 Nottingham - 1908 Lincolnshire Championship - 1908 Leicester - 1908 Cinque Ports Championships - 1908 East Surrey Championships - 1908 Hythe - 1908 Fulham - 1908 Skegness - 1908 Nottingham - 1907 Cinque Ports Championships - 1907 Sutton on Sea - 1907 Sheffield - 1907 Crystal Palace - 1907 East Surrey Championships - 1907 Epsom - 1907 Lincolnshire Championship - 1906 Crystal Palace - 1906 Epsom - 1906 Queens Club Tournament - 1902 Suffolk Championships - 1902 Oostende - 1902 Wimbledon - 1901 Queens Club Tournament - 1901 Surrey Championships - 1901 Gipsy - 1901 Nottingham - 1901 Suffolk Championships - 1901 Belgian International Championships - 1901 Oostende - 1901 Great Yarmouth - 1901 East of England Championships - 1901 Middlesex Championships - 1901 Wimbledon - 1900 Queens Club Tournament - 1900 Kent Championships - 1900 Surrey Championships - 1900 European Championship - 1900 Gipsy - 1900 Suffolk Championships - 1900 Oostende - 1900 East of England Championships - 1900 Wimbledon - 1899 Queens Club Tournament - 1899 Kent Championships - 1899 Gipsy - 1899 Suffolk Championships - 1899 Essex Championships - 1899 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1899 East of England Championships - 1899 Queens Club Tournament - 1898 Suffolk Championships - 1898 East of England Championships - 1898 Great Yarmouth - 1897 Wimbledon - 1896 Queens Club Tournament - 1896 Kent Championships - 1896 Nottingham - 1896 Essex Championships - 1896 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1896 East of England Championships - 1896 Nottingham - 1895 East of England Championships - 1895 Nottingham - 1894 Leicester - 1894 Leicester - 1893 Sittingbourne - 1892 Sittingbourne - 1891

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