Alfred Wallace
Dunlop
Male
Australia
1875-01-12
Christchurch, New Zealand
1933-04-07
Kew, Melbourne, Australia
From Studley Park Heritage: http://www.studleypark.net/the-dunlop-family.htm
Alfred Wallace Dunlop was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1875. A noted tennis player, he won his first important championship in New Zealand for the men’s singles (1900-01). Perhaps this watershed match was a happy inspiration for naming his house Ruapaki (Maori for “clap twice”). In 1911, he won the men’s doubles with Norman Brookes at Hagley Park in Christchurch for the Australasian Davis Cup team against the USA.
Prior to the mid-1950s, the west side of Studley Avenue between Studley Park Road and Stawell Street consisted of only three properties: Alfred Dunlop’s house at No. 9, a house at No. 5 and the neo-Georgian brick house still standing at No. 15 constructed for Alfred’s second son, Bruce Dunlop, in 1956, complete with a tennis court. A house for the third Dunlop son (Alfred Guy) was constructed around the corner in Studley Park Road, the tennis court next to which is visible in aerial photos from the time. This house is also still standing at what is now No. 2 Dunlop Avenue.
Alfred Dunlop died in 1933 at the age of 58. In his eulogy, the distinguished tennis champion and his fellow Davis Cup team member, Sir Norman Brookes, praised Dunlop as being one of the finest doubles players the world had produced. The funeral procession was more than a mile long.
The land to the west of Ruapaki was subdivided in 1950, giving rise to Dunlop Avenue with its numerous cream brick 50s houses and the house designed by Robin Boyd at No. 23 (while with Grounds, Romberg and Boyd in 1955). Ruapaki was retained by the Dunlop family until about 1960 when the property was sold. It was later divided into flats. The house was listed on the register of the National Trust of Australia. An application for listing on the Victorian Heritage Register was unsuccessful and it was demolished in 1981.
While the Dunlop sons’ courts have long since been built over, the property at 9 Studley Avenue now includes a tennis court along the Studley Avenue side. How apt!
1895 - 1914
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176
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1913 - Bendigo Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1911 - Swedish International Covered Courts Championships (ATP)
1910 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1908 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1907 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1905 - Northumberland Championships (Amateur)
1900 - New Zealand Championships (Amateur)
1900 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1898 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament (Amateur)
1895 - Victorian Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
H.M. Robin
7-9
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Louis Maria Heyden (Grandy)
8-6
0-6
7-5
6-1
Round 4
Maurice Germot 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-8
6-4
6-1
4-1
ret.
Round 1
Ludwig von Salm 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
William John Bernard Blew
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
E.A. Stoner
6-2
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Max Decugis 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
2-6
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Johann de Morpurgo 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Eduardo Flaquer
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Georges Gault 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
George Anthony Greig
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
William D. Radcliffe
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Stanley Doust
w.o.
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Kenneth Powell
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
9-7
8-6
6-2
Round 1
Harry Samuel Lewis Barclay 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-3
8-6
6-1
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Arthur Hereward Nevett
6-2
3-0
ret.
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
7-5
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
3-6
6-3
6-3
ret.
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
N.A. Taylor
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
F.W. Keane
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Arthur Hereward Nevett
6-0
6-2
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
P. Rudd
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Henry Marsh 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Corporal Harold William Adolphus Lemme
6-0
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Charles Norman Barnard
6-3
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Robert Monteith Rolland
7-5
6-0
6-2
Final
Arthur O'Hara Wood 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
1-6
6-1
6-4
6-6
ret.
Round 1
Percival Davson 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
2-6
6-4
6-3
9-7
Round 1
E. Von Parpart 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Alfred Warburton Davson
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
6-1
6-4
6-8
6-3
Round 3
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
3-6
3-6
6-1
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Curt Bergmann 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 1
Ernst Rothe 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 1
Dr Heinz C. Landmann 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Edgar William Timmis
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
4-6
6-1
7-5
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Fritz Axel Albert Lindqvist
6-1
6-1
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Frans Moller
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Hugh Basil (Basil) Harrison
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Erik Larsen
3-6
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Stanley Doust 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-4
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Horace Rice
6-3
3-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
6-2
4-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
John Johnston Addison
6-2
6-3
2-6
5-7
6-1
Final
Stanley Doust 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-1
6-8
2-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
H.R. Sloan
6-2
6-1
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Moritz von Bissing
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Tony Wilding 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Russell Babington Keays
6-4
6-2
Final
Rodney Heath 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
5-7
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Marcus Murchison MacKenzie
6-3
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-3
6-4
4-6
8-6
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Eric Pockley
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
3-6
3-6
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Norman Brookes
w.o.
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Rodney Heath
3-6
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-4
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Horace Rice
6-2
1-6
7-5
6-4
Final
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
8-6
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Arthur Leeson Baird
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Thomas Whitalaw (Tom) Tatchell
6-4
6-3
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Russell Babington Keays
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Joseph Croswell Blair
6-1
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Final
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Helmuth Wolf 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
George Ward Cole Howitt
6-1
3-6
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Reginald Fraser
6-4
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Dr. Albert Curtis 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
4-6
11-9
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Tony Wilding 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-4
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Edgar William Timmis
w.o.
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Edward Joseph Sampson
4-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
C.A. Patterson
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
B.D. Gibson
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Captain Ernest Douglas Black
6-1
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
2-6
6-3
1-4
ret.
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Norman Brookes
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Wollmar Bostrom
w.o.
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
E. Morris Hall
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Sydney Adams
2-6
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Percy Brownsword
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
V. Cressy
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
J.K. Mackay
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Xenophon Casdagli (Kasdaglis) 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
R.C. Hall 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
w.o.
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Dr.J.R. MacInerney
8-6
6-1
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Basil Spence
6-1
6-1
Final
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-4
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Louis George Humberstone Saxon
6-0
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Cecil Vincent Heath
6-2
6-2
6-4
Final
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-0
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Cecil Vincent Heath
6-3
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
H. Clarke
6-0
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Andrew Bernard (Barney) Murphy
6-2
6-3
6-1
Final
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
1-6
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Gordon Wright
7-9
6-8
7-5
7-5
ret.
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
3-6
8-6
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Reginald Fraser
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Joseph Croswell Blair
6-2
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Horace Rice 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-4
2-6
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Joseph Croswell Blair
6-3
6-0
Final
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Dr David Thomas Harbison
6-4
3-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Norman Brookes
2-6
2-6
6-2
6-0
6-2
Final
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-8
4-6
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
E. Collins
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Cecil Vincent Heath
5-7
6-3
8-6
2-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Thomas Carlyle Irving 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
7-5
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Frank Fisher
7-9
7-9
8-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Colonel Edward Needham Waters
6-4
6-4
9-7
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
4-6
6-4
6-0
7-5
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
John Peacock
4-6
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Percy Frederick Down Mills
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
H.S. Baynes
6-1
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Henry Francis De Little
6-4
6-4
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Benjamin (Ben) Green
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Reginald Fraser
6-1
7-9
8-6
6-2
Final
Norman Brookes 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-0
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Benjamin (Ben) Green
6-4
6-1
Final
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
4-6
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Norman Brookes
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Charles Strong Galbraith
6-3
1-6
6-2
6-4
Final
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
7-5
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer
5-7
6-3
6-1
6-8
6-3
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Robert Matthew (Kiddie) Kidston
6-1
4-6
6-1
6-0
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Thomas Carlyle Irving
6-2
1-6
6-2
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
H. Clarke
6-3
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Francis Aimé Waller
6-1
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Horace Rice
6-3
6-4
9-7
Final
Henry Richard Crossman 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
14-12
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Thomas Carlyle Irving
6-0
3-6
8-6
Semifinals
Benjamin (Ben) Green 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-0
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Thomas Carlyle Irving 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Thomas Carlyle Irving
7-5
3-6
7-5
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer
7-5
7-5
1-0
ret.
Final
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-2
2-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
7-5
6-1
7-9
9-7
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Charles Frederick Regent Pincott
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Benjamin (Ben) Green 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Herbert Leslie Penfold Hyland
6-1
6-2
6-2
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Thomas Whitalaw (Tom) Tatchell
3-6
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Percy Brereton Colquhoun
6-3
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Horace Rice
5-7
6-3
6-1
6-2
Final
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
3-6
5-7
6-4
6-3
15-13
Round 2
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
7-5
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
H.J. Kearns
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Gus Kearney 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Herbert Fraser
6-1
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Archibald Hulbert Windeyer
5-7
7-5
6-1
2-6
6-2
Final
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Horace Rice
3-6
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
Richard Marquet Blaxland
6-0
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
David Leslie (Leslie) Gaden
6-2
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Horace Rice 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
2-6
6-4
8-6
6-2