Paul Camille Marie Joseph Ghislain
de Borman
Male
Belgium
1879-12-01
Sint-Joost-ten-Noode, Belgium
1948-04-21
Oostende, Belgium
Paul de Borman was a Belgian tennis player who was active during the early part of the 20th century. He is regarded as a pioneer of Belgian tennis. From 1946 to 1947 he was president of the International Tennis Federation.
De Borman was co-founder of the Royal Léopold Club in 1898. Between 1904 and 1919 he played in ten ties for the Belgian Davis Cup team, then called International Lawn Tennis Challenge. His best Davis Cup performance came in 1904 when, together with William le Maire de Warzée, they reached the final of the World Group in which they lost to the British Isles. That same year he reached the semifinal of the 1904 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Major Ritchie in straight sets.
In 1903, he won the Ostend International tournament beating American Clarence Hobart in the final.
De Borman was a nine-time Belgian national singles champion between 1898 and 1912 and 3 more titles in gentlemen's doubles and 2 titles in mixed doubles. Afterwards he became chairman of the tennis department at the Royal Léopold Club in Brussels. In his book "Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad" (1903) A. Wallis Myers describes De Borman: "His style is not graceful, but he plays a strong game and is plucky in a match. He has a difficult reverse cut service and a great forehand drive, which he takes at the top of the bound with a straight arm, which causes the ball to shoot when it touches the ground."
1896 - 1922
21
182
126
1919 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1913 - Belgian International Championships ()
1913 - Westende Tournament (Amateur)
1913 - Oostende (Amateur)
1912 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1911 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1911 - Oostende (Amateur)
1910 - Westende Tournament (Amateur)
1909 - Den Haag (Amateur)
1905 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Belgian International Championships ()
1904 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Oostende (Amateur)
1902 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1901 - Spa (Amateur)
1900 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1899 - Spa (Amateur)
1899 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1898 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Oostende (Amateur)
Round 1
Alexander (Alex) Blair 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
F. de Weck
6-2
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Arthur Lowe 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Alain Gerbault
6-1
6-4
3-6
8-6
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
6-1
6-2
Poule
Max Decugis 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Réginald Storms
1-6
6-2
ret.
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Charles Henry Martin
?
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Armand Charles Simon
6-3
6-4
6-4
Poule
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
6-3
6-2
Poule
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-1
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Charles Stuart Gordon-Smith 1 *
Paul de Borman
7-5
6-2
10-8
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
William Laurentz
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Max Decugis 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-1
6-0
6-2
Poule
Robert Powell 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-1
6-1
Poule
Bernard Schwengers 1 *
Paul de Borman
4-6
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 1
C.R. Leach 1 *
Paul de Borman
4-6
7-5
11-9
ret.
Round 1
Paul Aymé 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 2
André Fontaine 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 1
Moritz von Bissing 1 *
Paul de Borman
3-6
3-6
6-2
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Pierre Defize
6-0
6-1
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Réginald Storms
6-3
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Jean Washer
6-2
6-2
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
A. Georges Watson
6-3
3-6
1-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Moritz von Bissing
6-3
3-6
6-0
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Leon Weber
6-3
6-1
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-4
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
William Henry du Vivier
6-3
7-5
Final
A. Georges Watson 1 *
Paul de Borman
4-6
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Curt Bergmann 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-0
0-6
6-2
10-8
Round 1
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
7-9
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
George Hillyard
w.o.
Quarterfinals
William Laurentz 1 *
Paul de Borman
8-6
0-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Lajos Pick
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
A.P. Ford
5-7
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Alphonse van Nitsen
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
A. Georges Watson
6-2
1-6
6-2
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
3-6
6-1
6-3
3-6
6-1
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
C. Travelia
?
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Walter Perry Barringer
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Paul de Borman 1 *
Sydney J. Watts
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Etienne van der Straten
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Edmond Van der Stegen
6-0
6-2
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
A.P. Ford
6-4
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Mr. Lemmens
6-3
6-1
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
A. Georges Watson
6-1
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Gerardus Adrianus (Gerard) Van Haeften
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Gerlach Cornelis Joannes Van Reenen
6-3
9-7
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-3
6-8
6-2
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Louis Trasenster
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Baron R. De Terwagne
9-7
6-1
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
William Henry du Vivier
6-2
6-4
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges Cozon
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges Cozon
6-2
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
P. Zurstrassen
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
J.L. Ralli
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Louis Trasenster 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Johan Willem Henny 1 *
Paul de Borman
2-6
6-4
7-5
Poule
Paul de Borman 1 *
Otto Blom
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
André Gobert
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Albert T.E. Lammens
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges Ruhl
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Maurice Sigart 1 *
Paul de Borman
0-6
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Geoffrey E. Fowler
6-1
9-7
0-6
7-5
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Paul de Borman
3-6
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
C. Whitthof
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Jacques Davignon
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
A.L. Mellor
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Jacques Charles Émile Chaudoir
6-1
6-1
Final
Willie Lemaire 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
J. Ramaer
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Gerard Scheurleer
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-4
6-3
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Adolf Broese van Groenou
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 1
E.C. Kitchener 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
H. Eremie
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Comte Robert Van der Straeten-Ponthoz
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Augustus Mark Hendricks
8-6
8-6
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
A. Moons
6-3
6-4
Final
Willie Lemaire 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
3-2
ret.
Round 1
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 2
Edgar William Timmis 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Theodoor Willem Mundt
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Fernand Houget
?
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Louis Trasenster
6-1
6-1
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
4-6
6-1
8-6
6-0
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
C. Travelia
?
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Lionel Escombe
7-5
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-4
6-2
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Paul de Borman 1 *
Frederick William Payn
1-6
6-0
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-0
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Sigismund Raynor Arthur 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
R. Gevers
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
L. De Grelle
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
P.G. Uhl
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
A. Georges Watson
6-1
6-4
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
4-6
6-8
6-1
6-0
6-0
Poule
Frank Riseley 1 *
Paul de Borman
4-6
6-2
8-6
7-5
Poule
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
6-1
6-1
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
C. Travelia
?
Poule
Paul de Borman 1 *
Paul Aymé
6-1
6-3
2-6
1-6
6-3
Poule
Max Decugis 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
5-3
ret.
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
W.S. Thornton
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Mr. Drielsma
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Alphonse van Nitsen
w.o.
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Paul de Borman 1 *
Wollmar Bostrom
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Arthur Wallace MacGregor
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Sidney Simes Weekes
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Gilbert Allis
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Hugo James Hardy
6-2
6-0
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Clarence Hobart
6-2
10-8
4-6
6-0
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Walter Charles Howard Tripp
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Leroy jr 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-0
4-6
8-6
Challenge Round
Paul de Borman 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
E.S. Salmon
6-3
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Paul de Borman
7-5
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
André Masurel
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
George Miéville Simond
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Benjamin Ward Frost
6-2
2-0
ret.
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges Ferdinand Van der Stegen
6-1
4-6
6-2
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Alfred Grisar
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges Ferdinand Van der Stegen
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
1-6
6-2
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
C. Travelia
?
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Alexander von Török
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges Ferdinand Van der Stegen
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
6-4
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
John Flavelle
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
John F. Sol
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Hermann Gerhard Von Oven
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Frans Breitenstein
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Adolf Broese van Groenou
6-0
6-2
Final
John Flavelle 1 *
Paul de Borman
4-6
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Walter R. Martin 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
A.N. Other
w.o.
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Carl August Nordenson
6-0
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
John Flavelle
6-3
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Charles Dixon 1 *
Paul de Borman
0-6
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Pierre Paul Walckiers
w.o.
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Baron Robert De Rossius d'Humain
6-1
8-6
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-0
4-6
9-7
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Albert Lefebvre
w.o.
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Pierre Verdé Delisle
6-0
6-2
Challenge Round
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Otto Grote 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Armand Solvay
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
M. Porte
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Paul de Borman
7-5
6-3
Challenge Round
Paul de Borman 1 *
Baron Robert De Rossius d'Humain
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Wilhelm Martinus Scheurleer 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Pierre Paul Walckiers
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Émile Trasenster
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Albert Lefebvre
6-2
1-6
6-2
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-2
6-2
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Paul de Borman 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Baron Robert De Rossius d'Humain
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Alfred Theodore Van der Stegen
6-2
6-4
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Albert Lefebvre
ill,
retired
Challenge Round
Paul de Borman 1 *
John Flavelle
4-6
6-2
1-6
6-3
6-4
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
C. Travelia
?
Round 1
C. Green 1 *
Paul de Borman
w.o.
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Baron Robert De Rossius d'Humain
6-1
6-3
6-8
6-4
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Paul Walckiers
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Paul de Borman 1 *
Georges De Prelle de la Nieppe
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Albert Lefebvre
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Baron Robert De Rossius d'Humain 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-4
2-6
7-5
Round 1
Marcel Paul Marie Nagelmaekers 1 *
Paul de Borman
?
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Jacques Reyntiens
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Albert Lefebvre 1 *
Paul de Borman
7-5
9-7