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General First nameGeorge Miéville
LastnameSimond
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1867-01-23
Place of birthMarylebone, England
Date of death1941-04-09
Place of deathMonte Carlo, Monaco


About

The son of a Swiss-born London banker George Simond also worked in the city as a Bill broker. Three of his brothers, Charles, Septimus and Amadee, who died at the age of 36, were also good standard competitive tennis players. Charles and George both made their Wimbledon débuts in 1894. A regular at the All-England Club between then and 1912, George reached the singles quarter-final in his début year and reached the last eight four times in his first five appearances. He also regularly reached the men’s doubles quarter-finals and went one better on two occasions, reaching the semi-final, firstly in 1901 when he was partnered by Herbert Roper Barrett but they lost to the American pair of Dwight Davis and Holcombe Ward, and again in 1906 when Simond and Clement Cazalet lost in four sets to British compatriots Frank Riseley and Sidney Smith.

George Simond won the silver medal in the covered court men’s doubles event at the 1908 Olympics with George Caridia but lost the final in four sets to Herbert Roper Barrett and Arthur Wentworth Gore. In the first round they came from two sets down to beat fellow Britons George Hillyard and Wilberforce Eaves in a grueling five-setter. Prior to his Olympic appearance Simond had twice won the French Indoor title, in 1898 and 1901, but he could not win the British covered court title, losing the final in 1901 and 1902 to Laurie Doherty and Josiah Ritchie respectively. George enjoyed his finest year in 1905 when he won the Swiss International, Lyon indoor and Middlesex championships. He died at his Monte Carlo home in 1941.

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Archive statistics Career1894 - 1914
Tournament wins8
Matches229
Match wins147


Tournament wins 1910 - East Yorkshire Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Lyon Covered Court Championships (Open)
1905 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1901 - French Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1899 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1898 - French Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1894 - Craigside (Amateur)


Tournaments Riviera Championships - 1914 Wimbledon - 1910 Riviera Championships - 1910 Wiesbaden Championships - 1910 East Yorkshire Championships - 1910 Lille - 1909 Wimbledon - 1908 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1908 Austrian International Championships - 1907 Riviera Championships - 1907 Wiesbaden Cup - 1907 Kent Championships - 1907 Wiesbaden Championships - 1907 Wimbledon - 1906 Austrian International Championships - 1906 Riviera Championships - 1906 South of France Championships - 1906 Wiesbaden Cup - 1906 Homburg Cup - 1906 Wiesbaden Championships - 1906 Praha (Prague) - 1906 London Covered Court Championships - 1906 Middlesex Championships - 1906 Wimbledon - 1905 Swiss International Championships - 1905 Lyon Covered Court Championships - 1905 Kent Championships - 1905 Le Touquet - 1905 European Championship - 1905 Homburg Cup - 1905 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1905 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1905 Middlesex Championships - 1905 Leicestershire Championships - 1905 Wimbledon - 1904 French Covered Court Championships - 1904 Cannes Métropole - 1904 Le Touquet - 1904 Surrey Championships - 1904 British Covered Court Championships - 1904 London Covered Court Championships - 1904 Queens Club Tournament - 1903 French Covered Court Championships - 1903 British Covered Court Championships - 1903 Wimbledon - 1902 Queens Club Tournament - 1902 French Covered Court Championships - 1902 Kent Championships - 1902 Surrey Championships - 1902 European Championship - 1902 Belgian International Championships - 1902 British Covered Court Championships - 1902 Wimbledon - 1901 Swiss International Championships - 1901 French Covered Court Championships - 1901 British Covered Court Championships - 1901 Wimbledon - 1900 Swiss International Championships - 1900 French Covered Court Championships - 1900 British Covered Court Championships - 1900 Wimbledon - 1899 Swiss International Championships - 1899 Wimbledon - 1898 French Covered Court Championships - 1898 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1898 Wimbledon - 1897 Queens Club Tournament - 1897 British Covered Court Championships - 1897 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1897 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1897 Wimbledon - 1896 Queens Club Tournament - 1896 French Covered Court Championships - 1896 Kent Championships - 1896 Scottish Championships - 1896 Midland Counties Championships - 1896 Northumberland Championships - 1896 British Covered Court Championships - 1896 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1896 Middlesex Championships - 1896 Edgbaston - 1896 Wimbledon - 1895 Queens Club Tournament - 1895 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1895 Wimbledon - 1894 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1894 Craigside - 1894 North of Wales - 1894 Trefriw - 1894 Winchester House - 1894