Harold Austin (Harry)
Kitson
Male
South Africa
1874-06-17
Richmond, South Africa
1951-11-30
Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Harry Kitson played tennis at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics, winning doubles gold in 1912 with Charles Winslow, and adding singles silver that year, losing to Winslow in the final. Kitson was South African singles champion in 1905, 1908, 1911, and 1913, and lost in the final to Tony Wilding in 1910. He played Wimbledon in 1905 and 1908, losing his first singles match both years. Kitson worked in the land deeds department of Rand Mines. He served with the Cape Mounted Rifles during the Anglo-Boer War.
1903 - 1922
12
107
86
1913 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1912 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1911 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1911 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1910 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1908 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1908 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1906 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1905 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1905 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Natal Championships (Amateur)
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
E.M. Peacock
7-5
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Ivor John (Ivie) Richardson 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-0
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bertram Harold Floquet 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-1
4-6
6-1
10-8
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
Herbert Griffin Hellier
6-1
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Hugh D'Olby Beningfield
6-4
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Percy Hugh Robbs
8-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
George Dodd 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-3
3-6
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
A.K. Lomax
6-1
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
John D'Arcy Cockerell
6-1
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Frank Cochran
6-4
7-5
6-2
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Harold Issidro Tower Aitken
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
H.J. Graham Bennett
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
L.G. Baker
6-0
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
G.H. (Jeff) Davis
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Reginald Frederick Le Sueur
6-3
4-6
4-6
10-8
6-3
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-2
5-7
0-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
Captain Edward Aubrey Persse
6-1
6-3
2-6
6-1
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
W.M. Cameron
6-1
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
8-6
9-7
6-2
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
George Dodd
6-3
6-2
10-8
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Harold Kitson
1-6
6-4
6-8
6-3
9-7
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Hakon Leffler
6-2
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Frans Moller
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Harold Kitson 1 *
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Ludwig von Salm
6-2
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
2-6
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-3
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Harold Kitson
7-5
4-6
10-8
8-6
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
6-3
11-9
6-4
Round 2
Augustus Mark Hendricks 1 *
Harold Kitson
1-6
6-3
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
A. Bonnal
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-1
6-1
6-2
Final
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-3
ret.
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Frank Cochran
6-1
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Charles N. Davis
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Father Kelly
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
H.S. Horwitz
6-0
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Lionel Tapscott
6-4
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
6-2
4-6
6-4
4-6
8-6
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Charles Winslow
6-3
4-6
1-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Harold W. Brown
6-3
0-6
6-2
4-6
6-0
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
E.L.C. Platt
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 4
Harold Kitson 1 *
Kidger Reginald Shaw (Rex) Tucker
6-3
6-2
3-6
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Percy Hugh Robbs
6-3
6-3
7-9
6-1
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-0
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
G.F. Deal
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Herbert Griffin Hellier
6-3
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
S.H. Friend
6-3
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Kidger Reginald Shaw (Rex) Tucker
6-3
6-1
6-3
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Willie Lemaire 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-1
2-6
6-2
9-7
Round 2
George Caridia 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-1
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Frederick Noel Warden
6-4
8-6
8-6
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Bernard Oswald Roe
6-2
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
George Watt
6-3
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-2
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
5-7
6-2
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
John R. Richardson
7-5
6-4
3-6
6-4
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
6-2
7-5
2-6
7-9
6-2
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams
6-1
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Charles Winslow
6-3
6-3
8-6
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
4-6
9-7
4-6
9-7
6-1
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Cecil Edward Howard Tripp
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Sydney J. Watts
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Victor Gauntlett 1 *
Harold Kitson
w.o.
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Reginald Frederick Le Sueur
6-3
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
John Grant Atherstone
6-3
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Winslow 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Henry Pollard 1 *
Harold Kitson
7-5
6-4
5-7
6-2
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
W.H. Calderwood
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
R.W.G. Clarke
6-3
7-5
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
C.J. Thompson
6-3
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Ferdinand Leon Scholtz
6-1
6-4
6-2
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Dr Andrew James Rowan
6-1
2-6
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Capt. Buist
6-3
5-7
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Christopher Maitland Howard Hathorn
4-6
3-6
6-2
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
C.D. Robinson
6-0
6-3
ret.
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
6-1
6-1
7-5
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Percy Hugh Robbs
2-6
8-6
6-4
7-9
6-4
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
George Ball Greene
w.o.
Round 2
Frederick James Wade Plaskitt 1 *
Harold Kitson
w.o.
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
W.J. Lancaster
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Roderick McNair 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
A.H. Hicks
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
A.R. Sawyer
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Harold Kitson
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
Francis Stewart Montague-Bates
w.o.
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
H.A. Kirby
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Walter Charles Howard Tripp
7-5
6-2
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
N.E. Rae
6-4
6-1
10-8
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
A.F. Foulkes
4-6
6-3
11-9
6-1
Final
Percy William Sherwell 1 *
Harold Kitson
3-6
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
Edmund Neville Nevill
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Harold Kitson 1 *
Stanley Dunbar Cockerell
6-2
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Percy Hugh Robbs
5-7
6-8
6-3
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Ferdinand Leon Scholtz
4-6
6-3
7-5
6-8
6-1
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Cecil Edward Howard Tripp
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Harold Kitson 1 *
John D'Arcy Cockerell
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Harold Kitson 1 *
William Cuthbert Stevens
6-3
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
S. Cato
2-6
6-3
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
P.C. Hunt
w.o.
Final
Harold Kitson 1 *
Alfred George Baker
4-6
6-0
7-5
6-3
Challenge Round
Harold Kitson 1 *
George Churton Collins
6-2
7-5
3-6
4-6
6-3