Sir Nigel George
Davidson
Male
England
1873-10-29
Kensington, Wimbledon, England
1961-10-31
Winchester, Chester, England
Nigel Davidson attended Charterhouse School before going up to Oxford University, where he studied law and represented the university at lawn tennis. In 1899, he was called to the Bar as a solicitor at the Inner Temple, and subsequently had a career in the service of the Sudan Government and Iraq, being appointed a Judge of the High Court of Sudan in 1907. In later life he was chairman of several companies. In 1927, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) and he was knighted in 1930.
1900 - 1908
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39
25
1905 - Rochester (Amateur)
1904 - Isle of Wight Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Arthur Gore 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
6-2
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Otto Dresel
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Dr Hans Oskar Behrens
6-3
3-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
L. Kulenkampff
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
David Harry Rutherglen
6-4
0-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Thomas Thorkil Hillerup
w.o.
Round 3
Alfred Egerton Maynard Taylor 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Maurice Van der Rest
6-8
6-4
8-6
Round 3
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Georges Ferdinand Van der Stegen
4-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Leonard Bousfield
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
G.A. Blackburn
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-1
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
5-7
6-0
6-2
Final
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
C.W.D. Pollard
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
W.J. Lancaster
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Douglas Kitching
6-3
6-1
Final
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Charles Gladstone Eames
9-7
6-2
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
A.J. Orr
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram
8-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
James Powell
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Kenneth Powell
1-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
Gilbert Creswick Drabble
6-2
4-6
6-0
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
R.C. Simpson
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
E.L. Forward
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
G.T. Willan
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-1
1-6
7-5
Round 1
Sir Nigel George Davidson 1 *
S. Herbert
6-3
6-8
6-3
4-0
ret.
Round 2
Roderick McNair 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
6-2
5-7
6-0
Round 1
Hugh Plaskitt 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-8
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Arthur Wallace MacGregor 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-8
6-3
6-2