Lionel Hunter
Escombe
Male
Great Britain
1876-00-00
Natal, South Africa
1914-10-15
Weybridge, Great Britain
was a British male tennis player. He competed for Great Britain in the tennis event at the 1908 Summer Olympics where he took part in the men's indoor singles and indoor doubles event. In the singles competition he lost in the first round to Gunnar Setterwall in straight sets. In the doubles he partnered with Major Ritchie and after a bye in the quarter finals reached the semifinal in which they were defeated by compatriots Arthur Gore and Herbert Roper Barrett. They subsequently lost the match for third place, and the bronze medal, against Wollmar Boström and Gunnar Setterwall.[1]
Escombe's best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarter final in the men's singles event at the 1907 Wimbledon Championships which he lost in five sets to Wilberforce Eaves. He equaled this performance at the 1907 Wimbledon Championships, this time losing to Herbert Roper-Barrett in straight sets.
Escombe won the Championship of Lucerne in 1902 and the Spanish Championships in 1905.[2]
In 1909 he was runner-up in the men's singles event at the South African Championships, losing in the final to compatriot and multiple Wimbledon champion Reginald Doherty in straight sets.
He died in London on 15 October 1914 as a result of an aneurism.[2]
1890 - 1909
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116
62
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Louis Trasenster
3-6
6-3
6-0
6-4
Round 3
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Edgar William Timmis
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding
6-3
4-6
3-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Lionel Escombe
4-6
7-5
11-9
ret.
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Archer William Hoskings
6-4
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Douglas John De Villiers
6-3
4-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Ferdinand Leon Scholtz
5-7
2-6
6-2
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
George Hillyard
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Cedric O. Scott
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Lionel Escombe
11-9
7-5
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
1-6
7-5
8-6
4-6
6-2
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Arthur Gore 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
9-11
6-2
6-4
7-9
7-5
Round 3
Lionel Escombe 1 *
George Alan Thomas
2-6
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Lionel Escombe
1-6
6-0
9-7
6-2
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-4
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Arthur Gore 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
7-5
4-6
7-5
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
G.H. Bennett
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Henry Pollard
w.o.
Quarterfinals
George Caridia 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Gunnar Setterwall 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Peter Hicks 1 *
Lionel Escombe
w.o.
Round 1
Tony Wilding 1 *
Lionel Escombe
w.o.
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Wilfred Pollen Haviland
6-1
8-6
9-7
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Percy Douglas Fitton
7-5
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Robert Powell
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Francis Henry (Frank) Pearce
6-1
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-0
4-6
6-3
1-6
6-3
Round 1
Alfred Leonard Bentley 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Dr Granville Gilbert Sharp
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
John Baker Dufall
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Roderick McNair 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-1
6-4
Round 1
George Caridia 1 *
Lionel Escombe
3-6
6-2
4-6
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
F. Good
6-1
6-2
2-6
6-1
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
3-6
2-6
7-5
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
6-0
6-0
Round 1
John Rendall 1 *
Lionel Escombe
w.o.
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
F.H. Morris
3-6
9-7
3-0
ret.
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
6-4
5-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dunstan Rhodes 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Edgar William Timmis
6-1
9-7
6-2
Round 4
Arthur Gore 1 *
Lionel Escombe
8-6
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
G.R. Bennett
6-1
7-5
7-5
Round 3
Lionel Escombe 1 *
J. Robinson
6-4
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
1-6
11-9
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
E. Morris Hall
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
2-6
6-3
6-2
7-5
Round 3
Norman Brookes 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Kenneth James Eastmond Ingram 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
E.H. Allen
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Claude Saville Grace
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
E.R. Clarke
7-5
ret.
Semifinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-3
6-2
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Alfred Ernest Crawley
7-5
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
George Caridia 1 *
Lionel Escombe
3-6
6-3
7-9
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Evan Gwynne-Evans
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Mr. B.
w.o.
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Evan Gwynne-Evans
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Thomas Henry Oyler
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
Lionel Escombe
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-4
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 1
John Flavelle 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
4-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Brame Hillyard 1 *
Lionel Escombe
w.o.
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
W.R.B. Marshall
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Walter George Bailey
2-6
7-5
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-9
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Sir Ernest Salter Wills 1 *
Lionel Escombe
4-6
6-4
12-10
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
E.J. Watson
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Clement Burnett Weir
11-9
6-1
Semifinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Lionel de Minerbi
6-4
2-6
6-0
Final
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Arthur J.B. Norris 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Bertram Dickinson Byfield 1 *
Lionel Escombe
w.o.
Round 2
Willie Lemaire 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
John Edwin Clapham Jukes
6-3
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Henry Wilson-Fox
6-2
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
A. Sepia
7-5
8-6
9-7
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
7-5
10-8
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Allan Henry Dana-Muhr
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Paul Aymé 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
5-7
6-4
6-2
Round 1
O. Chatham 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-8
6-3
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
H. Phillips
w.o.
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Allan Henry Dana-Muhr
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Paul Émile Lecaron
w.o.
Semifinals
Dr Paul Lebreton 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
10-8
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Alexander Frederick Fellowes
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Lionel Escombe 1 *
G.R.D. Tucker
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Brame Hillyard 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Lionel Escombe 1 *
W.R. Gibson
6-8
8-6
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Lionel Escombe 1 *
Robert Hough
6-4
1-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alexander Horsbrugh Porter 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
1-6
3-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Sydney Adams 1 *
Lionel Escombe
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Arthur J.B. Norris 1 *
Lionel Escombe
3-6
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 1
G. Humble 1 *
Lionel Escombe
3-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
E.J. Layton 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
6-1
6-2