Francis Owen (Frank)
Stoker
Male
Ireland
1867-05-29
Dublin, Ireland
1939-01-08
Dublin, Ireland
Popularly known as Frank, this player was one of the five sons of Dr Edward Alexander Stoker of Dublin. Each of the brothers would, like their father, also study medicine, Frank qualifying as a dentist. The Stokers were distant relatives of the Irish writer Bram Stoker, best known for his novel Dracula.
Frank Stoker is one of only two Irish players to have won more than one Wimbledon title, the other player being Joshua Pim, with whom Stoker won the men’s doubles title in 1890 and 1893 (they were runners-up in 1891). Together, Stoker and Pim were also doubles champions of Ireland in 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894 and 1895. Frank Stoker also played international rugby for Ireland, as a forward.
Frank’s brother William was one of the main instigators behind the inaugural series of lawn tennis matches between Ireland and England, held annually from 1892 onwards. The venue for the first such series of matches was the Grandstand Enclosure at the Royal Dublin Showhouse in Ballsbridge, Dublin. Held in late May, on the Friday before the start of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships, and consisting of nine doubles matches, Ireland won the series by five matches to four.
Norma Stoker (1905-62), one of Frank’s daughters, was a top Irish lawn tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s, and also a gifted golfer.
1887 - 1895
6
98
69
1894 - County Dublin Championships (Amateur)
1893 - Nottingham (Open)
1892 - North of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
1892 - Burton on Trent (Amateur)
1892 - Nottingham (Open)
1891 - Nottingham (Open)
Round 2
Frederick T. Bradbury 1 *
Frank Stoker
w.o.
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas Douglas Good
4-6
6-4
9-7
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-3
6-2
Final
George Ball Greene 1 *
Frank Stoker
w.o.
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
1-6
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Frank Stoker
4-6
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
David Elgar Payn
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-1
6-2
1-6
4-6
6-1
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
Joshua Francis Pim
6-3
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
Frank Stoker 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
w.o.
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Edward Vernon Cuppage
6-1
6-2
Final
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-1
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Herbert Baddeley
8-6
7-5
4-6
6-2
Round 2
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Frank Stoker
7-5
6-1
1-6
11-9
Round 1
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Frank Stoker
3-6
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Edward Carey
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Herbert Durrant Snook
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas Buxton Hardie
6-1
6-2
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
T.G. Hill
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
C.J. Coventry
6-4
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Herbert Baddeley
6-2
3-6
6-3
4-6
10-8
Final
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-3
6-3
ret.
Challenge Round
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Frank Stoker
w.o.
Preliminary Round
Frank Stoker 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-1
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Horace Chapman
4-6
6-4
9-7
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Hillyard
6-2
5-7
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Wilfred Baddeley
10-8
6-4
1-6
6-4
Final
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
Frank Stoker
8-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Edward Carey
6-4
2-6
4-3
ret.
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Herbert Durrant Snook
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas Buxton Hardie
6-1
6-2
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
Oliver Samuel Campbell
3-6
6-4
2-6
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
H. Gardner
w.o.
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Henry Adair Curteis
6-4
6-3
6-0
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-0
6-3
ret.
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
J.E. Orr
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
James Herbert Crispe
6-2
6-0
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor
6-1
2-6
6-3
2-6
7-5
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
5-7
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
C.S. Walker
w.o.
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-1
6-8
6-3
2-6
9-7
Final
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-1
2-6
1-6
6-4
9-7
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
J.S.F. Hearn
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
William Saint George Frederick Perrott
w.o.
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor
w.o.
Challenge Round
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Ball Greene
w.o.
Round 1
Wilfred Baddeley 1 *
Frank Stoker
w.o.
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
7-5
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor
6-2
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-4
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
6-3
6-4
6-1
Final
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-2
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
H.A. Dowson
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Horace Septimus Wansbrough
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
R. Evans
6-1
6-1
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor
6-3
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Harold King
6-0
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-4
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
6-2
6-2
8-6
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-1
6-2
6-1
Final
Wilfred Baddeley 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-4
7-5
2-6
6-2
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Hume Riversdale Jones
6-4
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
Herbert Newcombe Craig
6-3
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
A. McCormack
6-3
6-3
ret.
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Blaney Hamilton
6-2
6-4
6-2
Final
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-2
2-6
6-2
7-9
6-4
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
Hume Riversdale Jones
6-3
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
6-3
7-5
3-6
6-2
Semifinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
6-2
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Baddeley 1 *
Frank Stoker
5-7
6-3
3-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Edward Burford Morrison 1 *
Frank Stoker
w.o.
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Frank Stoker
5-7
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Stoker 1 *
C.P. Brett
6-1
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
David Grainger Chaytor
6-1
7-5
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
6-1
1-6
4-6
9-7
6-2
Final
Frank Stoker 1 *
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
6-4
4-6
6-1
6-1
Challenge Round
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Frank Stoker
5-7
7-5
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Maxwell John Carpendale
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Frank Stoker
9-7
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Thomas Harrison Griffiths 1 *
Frank Stoker
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Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
Hugh Montgomery Cairnes
10-8
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
R.B. Hall
6-3
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-3
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
C.P. Brett
6-3
9-7
ret.
Final
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Frank Stoker
8-6
2-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-4
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Frank Stoker 1 *
R. Donovan
6-0
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Stoker 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
6-2
6-0
ret.
Semifinals
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-4
6-2
3-6
6-3
Round 2
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Frank Stoker
14-12
8-6
6-4