Henry Bernard Mansell
Knight
Male
Argentina
1882-00-00
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Henry Knight was one of the four sons of Albert Alfred Knight, an employee of the Central Argentine Railway, the company in charge of constructing the railway line that would initially connect the cities of Rosario and Córdoba. Albert Knight was born in Morden, London, but later moved to Argentina. He married Rosario Magdalena Joulet on 3 April 1873, when he was 24 and she was just 14. The four Knight brothers were born in the city of Rosario, in the Argentine province of Santa Fe, but subsequently moved to the capital Buenos Aires.
Albert Knight introduced his sons to lawn tennis and, seeing how enthusiastic they were becoming at the sport, later had a court built on his property, where he taught his children the basics of the game. Henry was to first to enjoy success in tournament competition – he won the men’s singles title at the River Plate Championships in Buenos Aires in the years 1897 and 1898 and 1900-02. His brothers Edward and Lionel later succeeded him as champion. The fourth brother, called Albert after his father, didn’t play much competitive lawn tennis.
1897 - 1918
5
18
9
1902 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1901 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1900 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1898 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1897 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
4
sets
Round 1
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Wilmot Ernest Lane
w.o.
Round 2
Stanley Doust 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-1
6-4
3-6
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Otto Blom
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Jack Latham Hampton
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
A.G. Tomkins
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Pearson 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-0
7-5
Round 1
R.D. Nolan 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Powell 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-2
6-1
6-1
Final
Edward Stanley Knight 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
4-6
6-4
7-5
6-3
Final
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Andrew James McMorran
6-4
3-6
6-2
8-6
Final
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Andrew James McMorran
6-4
2-6
6-1
6-4
Final
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Andrew James McMorran
6-1
6-3
6-2
Final
Andrew James McMorran 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
6-4
7-5
10-8
Final
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Thomas Vesey Melville Knox
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight 1 *
Thomas Vesey Melville Knox
6-3
4-6
6-4
6-1