Walter Reid
Craig
Male
England
1846-12-29
Pilkington, Prestwich-cum-Oldham, Lancashire , England
1923-07-06
Hangleton, Sussex, England
Walter Reid Craig (29 December 1846 – 6 July 1923) was an English tennis player. Craig was also a notable cricket player, active in 1874 who played for Lancashire.
Reid played his first lawn tennis tournament in 1881 at the Buxton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament. He won three singles titles including the Claremount Park Open (1886-1887) and Macclesfield Open (1886). He was also a semi finalist at the Derbyshire Championships in 1885 where he was defeated by James Dwight, and a semi finalist at the Northern Championships in 1886 where he was defeated by William Parkfield Wethered. He played his final singles tournament at the South of England Championships held in Brighton in 1889 where he reached the quarter finals before losing to Stuart Leslie Bathurst.
1882 - 1889
2
49
31
1886 - Macclesfield (Amateur)
1886 - Claremount Park Open (Amateur)
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Francis Walter Eicke
7-9
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Stuart Leslie Bathurst 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-2
3-6
2-6
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Frederick Anthony Fulda
6-1
8-6
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Alfred Hardie
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Theodore Coventry 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
8-6
6-1
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
G. Reeve-Smith
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Henry Guy Nadin 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
3-6
6-4
6-5
Round 1
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
W.E. Bell
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Percy Bateman Brown 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-2
1-6
6-0
Round 1
Marmaduke Strickland Constable 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
5-6
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Orlando Robert Coote
8-6
1-6
6-4
3-6
6-2
Round 3
Ernest George Meers 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-0
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
P. Neve
6-1
6-3
Round 2
R. Lynes 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-1
4-6
6-1
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
H. Matthews
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
G.F. Smith
0-6
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-2
5-6
6-0
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
H. Raphael
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Mark Anthony Hartnell 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
5-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Robert Olivers Rawlins
6-3
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Charles Frederick Latham
6-1
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
William Parkfield Wethered 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-4
5-6
6-0
2-6
6-1
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
F. Coleman
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Captain Mervyn
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
5-6
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
P.W. Allen
4-6
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
C.F.G. Lathom
4-6
6-2
6-5
Semifinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
C.F.G. Lathom
4-6
6-2
6-5
Final
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
B. King
9-11
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
J.C. Gibson
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
A.W. Denton
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
W.J. Read
6-1
6-3
Final
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
C. Howard
6-4
6-3
Round 1
John Ball Forman 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-4
2-6
12-14
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
William Edwin Pease
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Elliott L. Oliver
6-2
5-6
6-1
Round 3
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
J.G. Hill
6-2
5-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Robert Charles Thompson
1-6
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
J.W. Davis
?
Quarterfinals
Thomas Makin Draper 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
?
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
H.L. Kirk
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
J.H. Mitchell
6-3
6-5
Round 3
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-1
6-2
Round 1
John Edmondson 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-3
6-4
5-6
6-5
Round 1
Walter Reid Craig 1 *
Charles John Chichester Smith
6-4
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Robert Wallace Glen Lee Braddell 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-3
6-1
6-2