Percival May
Davson
Male
Great Britain
1877-09-30
Georgetown, Demarara, Guyana
1959-12-05
London, Great Britain
He was a British fencer and tennis player. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the Davis Cup in 1919.
In April 1913 Percival won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships after defeating Erik Larsen in the final in four sets.
Davson was ranked World No. 8 in 1919 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.
1905 - 1934
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135
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Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
M. Bruce-Pearson
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
W.G. Agnew 1 *
Percival Davson
?
Quarterfinals
W.G. Agnew 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
David H. Williams
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Leonce Aslangul
6-2
6-1
4-6
6-4
Round 3
Patrick Wheatley 1 *
Percival Davson
1-6
6-4
5-7
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
George Stoddart
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Arthur Lowe
2-6
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Harry Samuel Lewis Barclay 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Charles Roupell 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
5-7
7-5
2-6
6-1
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Noel Mervyn Heath
1-6
7-5
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Norman Dicks 1 *
Percival Davson
6-8
6-3
6-2
1-6
9-7
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Ambrose Dudley
6-4
5-7
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Thomas Bevan
8-6
6-1
3-6
4-6
8-6
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
George Colket Caner
6-4
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Percival Davson 1 *
Alexander Sutherland (Alex) Drew
6-0
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Randolph Lycett 1 *
Percival Davson
2-6
6-1
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
J.A. Frost
6-2
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Leslie Allison Godfree
6-0
9-7
6-1
Round 3
Frank Hunter 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
6-3
1-6
5-7
9-7
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Brame Hillyard
6-0
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-3
6-2
5-7
6-0
Round 3
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Percival Davson
3-6
7-5
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Nicolae Mishu 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
6-1
3-6
6-1
Challenge Round
André Gobert 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
7-5
6-2
Final
George Dodd 1 *
Percival Davson
2-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Willis Davis 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
5-7
2-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
F.E. Hill
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Royden Dash
6-3
7-5
6-1
Round 4
Percival Davson 1 *
Gerald William Chesterman
6-4
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
8-6
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Hector C. Daniel
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
A.L. Happell
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Algernon Kingscote 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
6-2
Poule
Percival Davson 1 *
William Laurentz
6-4
1-6
10-12
6-4
6-0
Poule
André Gobert 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Pierre Camille Gautier
w.o.
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
F. Pinet
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
J.M. Barbas 1 *
Percival Davson
6-1
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Thomas Dudley Stoward
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-0
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Peter Hicks
10-8
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Max Decugis
6-4
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Percival Davson 1 *
Ralph Douglas Watson
6-2
6-4
5-7
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
L.E. Eeman
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
H.E. Varley
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-1
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
6-4
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-2
7-5
ret.
Final
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
A. Trail
6-0
5-7
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
James Zimmermann
7-5
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Stanley Doust 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
6-4
1-6
1-6
10-8
Round 2
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
T.C. Manders
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Erik Larsen
6-3
6-1
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
6-2
6-4
Round 1
James Zimmermann 1 *
Percival Davson
w.o.
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
2-6
6-4
6-3
9-7
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
S.P. Audéoud
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
G.F. Poulin
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Adolf Hammacher
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Alfred C. Hunter
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Henry Marsh
6-0
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6-3
10-8
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Percival Davson
6-1
6-3
7-9
6-1
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Samuel Percy Hardy
6-3
0-6
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Arthur Lowe 1 *
Percival Davson
6-8
6-2
6-4
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Stanley Doust 1 *
Percival Davson
3-6
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Robert Rowland Waddell Dudley
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Hassan Ali Fyzee
7-5
8-6
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Edward Stanley Franklin
7-5
7-5
Semifinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Val Miley
6-4
7-5
Final
André Gobert 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
M. Horne
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Colin Charles Wyllie
6-1
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Sydney J. Watts
1-6
6-0
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
6-0
3-6
13-11
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
A.K. Boyd
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
L.S. Woods
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
William Godfrey Milburn
3-6
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
A.H. Stocker
4-6
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Mark Hick
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Reginald Speke Barnes
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Bertram Cecil Hopson
7-5
6-3
5-7
6-2
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
John Flavelle
8-6
2-6
2-4
ret.
Round 4
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
6-2
2-0
ret.
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
John Claude Malcolm Lowe
6-2
3-6
6-2
Round 3
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Percival Davson
9-7
6-0
Round 1
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Frederick Alexander Lindemann
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Charles Lindemann
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-3
3-6
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-3
3-6
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
7-5
0-6
6-4
Round 1
Andrew Leicester Irvine 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Reginald Brodie Gurney
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Edward J. Hornidge
3-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Percival Davson 1 *
Dunstan Rhodes
1-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Charles Dixon 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Moritz von Bissing
6-4
10-8
6-3
Round 2
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
R. Nemo
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
John Flavelle
6-3
4-6
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Sydney J. Watts
6-1
6-3
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Percival Davson
13-11
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
4-6
6-8
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
Douglas Kitching
4-6
6-4
10-8
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Peter Hicks
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Victor Gauntlett 1 *
Percival Davson
9-7
6-2
Round 2
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Percival Davson
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 1
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Percival Davson
8-6
6-1
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
J. Hayes
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Percival Davson
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
6-2
4-6
6-1
Round 2
Sydney Adams 1 *
Percival Davson
7-5
11-9
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
A. Georges Watson
6-3
1-6
6-4
Round 3
Percival Davson 1 *
Andrew Leicester Irvine
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Henry Pollard 1 *
Percival Davson
5-7
6-0
7-5
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Paul Harrison
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
L. Dewey
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Percival Davson
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Stanley A. Young
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Percival Davson 1 *
P.A. Sleemann
6-1
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alan Cecil Gemmell 1 *
Percival Davson
0-6
6-2
6-4