Major Charles Roche
Grant
Male
Canada
1880-06-19
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1956-00-00
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Charles Grant was one of Nova Scotia’s top lawn tennis players in the years leading up to World War One. He notably won the men’s singles event at the Nova Scotia Championships tournament six times between 1903 and 1913 (the tournament was inaugurated in 1901). He was a career soldier by profession and served with the Canadian armed forces during World War One.
1901 - 1921
6
22
15
1913 - Nova Scotia Championships (Open)
1911 - Nova Scotia Championships (Open)
1910 - Nova Scotia Championships (Open)
1908 - Nova Scotia Championships (Open)
1907 - Nova Scotia Championships (Open)
1903 - Nova Scotia Championships (Open)
Final
Arthur Clifford Wiswell 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
6-4
6-4
5-7
8-6
Challenge Round
Arthur Clifford Wiswell 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
w.o.
Final
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Jack A. Le Moine
7-5
6-1
Challenge Round
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Arthur Clifford Wiswell
6-2
6-3
6-4
Challenge Round
Arthur Clifford Wiswell 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
w.o.
Challenge Round
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Arthur Clifford Wiswell
?
Final
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Dr. Leslie Emerson Eaton
12-10
6-4
1-6
6-4
Challenge Round
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
William Bruce Almon Ritchie
w.o.
Challenge Round
William Bruce Almon Ritchie 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
7-5
5-7
0-6
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Arthur Clifford Wiswell
?
Challenge Round
Lt-Col. Thomas Malcolm McAvity 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
2-6
3-6
10-8
6-2
6-2
Final
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Arthur Clifford Wiswell
6-2
6-1
6-1
Challenge Round
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Dr John Lichtenstein Ritchie
6-3
6-1
6-1
Final
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Edgar Joseph (Eddie) Murphy
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
G.H. Foster
6-2
9-7
Round 2
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
John S. Rogers
4-6
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Edgar Joseph (Eddie) Murphy
6-3
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
Samuel Frank Alderson 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
J.S. Bentley
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
G.H. Foster
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Major Charles Roche Grant 1 *
Horatio Bigelow
6-2
6-4
Final
Samuel Frank Alderson 1 *
Major Charles Roche Grant
6-1
6-1
6-2