William
Ferguson
Male
Scotland
1857-06-15
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1922-06-12
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
William Ferguson was one of the fourteen children – nine daughters and five sons – of William Ferguson, senior (1829-87), a Writer to the Signet/lawyer, and Elizabeth Robertson Ferguson (née Crosbie; circa 1837-99). Two of William’s sisters, Alice (later Mrs Hudleston) and Winifred (later Mrs Heriot) were among Scotland’s top female lawn tennis players in the early decades of the twentieth century. Alice Ferguson notably won the women’s singles title at the Scottish Championships three times: in 1902, 1906 and 1907.
1881 - 1895
1
42
25
1883 - Windyknowe (Amateur)
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
P.H. Morrison
6-0
6-1
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
Campbell Bernhard Hausburg
10-8
9-7
Round 3
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
William Ferguson
6-2
6-2
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
D. Maxwell
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles James Glenny 1 *
William Ferguson
6-1
6-4
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
William Grant Sellar
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Anderson Mure Steel 1 *
William Ferguson
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
Patrick Smith
6-4
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Hill Conyers 1 *
William Ferguson
9-7
0-6
6-1
Round 1
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
William Ferguson
w.o.
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
Fred. Saunders
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Aitken Thomson 1 *
William Ferguson
6-4
7-5
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
Alexander Blair Drynan
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Aitken Thomson 1 *
William Ferguson
6-3
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Quarterfinals
William Ferguson 1 *
George Kerr
2-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
William Ferguson
6-0
7-5
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
John Cleghorn Huie
?
Round 3
William Ferguson 1 *
A. Mackintosh
?
Quarterfinals
Richard Henry Fuller 1 *
William Ferguson
7-5
6-2
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
W.L. Brooke-Smith
6-5
6-5
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
Ninian Jamieson Finlay
6-5
6-5
Quarterfinals
William Ferguson 1 *
L. Perry
6-5
6-5
Semifinals
Archibald Thomson 1 *
William Ferguson
6-2
6-5
Round 1
Arthur Nevile John Story 1 *
William Ferguson
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Patrick Bowes-Lyon 1 *
William Ferguson
3
sets
to
0
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
Francis Joseph Hirst
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
C.G. Grant
w.o.
Round 3
Archibald Thomson 1 *
William Ferguson
13-11
6-4
Round 1
Archibald Thomson 1 *
William Ferguson
2-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
George W. Younger
6-3
4-6
6-2
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
R.W. Murray
6-1
3-6
6-3
Round 3
William Ferguson 1 *
John Edmondson
6-2
5-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Robert Andrew Howden 1 *
William Ferguson
4-6
6-4
6-5
Round 1
William Ferguson 1 *
E.M. Sanderson
?
Round 2
William Ferguson 1 *
W. Sanderson
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
William Ferguson 1 *
Forrester James Thomson
?
Final
William Ferguson 1 *
Archibald Thomson
?
Quarterfinals
William Ferguson 1 *
George Nelson Stenhouse
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Robert Andrew Howden 1 *
William Ferguson
6-3
1-6
6-5
Round 1
Captain Gosling 1 *
William Ferguson
6-1
6-3