Daniel (Dan)
Maskell
Male
England
1908-04-11
Fulham, England
1992-12-10
Redhill, East Surrey Hospital, England
He was inducted as a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996 (in category: Contributor).
Was BBC television commentator covering the Wimbledon Championships from 1951 to 1991.
Maskell became a junior teaching professional at Queen's in 1924, aged 16, and was given a five-year contract in 1926, teaching real tennis, rackets, and squash in addition to lawn tennis. The main tennis championships were then open only to amateurs. Maskell arranged the first World Professional Championships, played at Queen's Club in October 1927, which he won by defeating Charles Read. Maskell became British professional champion in 1928, and won the title another 15 times until 1951.[1][2]
He was coach of the winning British Davis Cup team of 1933.
He served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. He became a rehabilitation officer in 1940, assisting wounded aircrew to recover their fitness in Torquay and then Loughborough. He was promoted to the rank of squadron leader, and appointed OBE in 1945 for his wartime service.
After he was demobilised, he returned to the All England Club, and continued as a tennis professional. He coached members of the British Royal Family, including Princess Alexandra, Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew. He was chairman of the Professional Tennis Coaches Association, and became the first professional to be admitted as an honorary member of the All England Club in 1953. He retired as a tennis professional in 1955, but was then employed by the Lawn Tennis Association as its training manager until 1973. He was appointed CBE in 1982 for services to tennis.
1926 - 1951
21
109
76
1950 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1949 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1948 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1947 - Slazenger Professional (Professional)
1947 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1946 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1946 - Slazenger Professional (Professional)
1946 - Cheltenham Pro Championships (Professional)
1943 - Red Cross Tennis Show (Amateur)
1939 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1938 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1936 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1935 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1934 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1933 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1932 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1931 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1930 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1929 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1928 - British Professional Championships (Professional)
1927 - World Pro Championships (Professional)
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
B.E. (Bunny) Whiteman
6-1
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Hans Nusslein
6-4
1-6
6-3
11-9
Semifinals
Francesco Romanoni 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
R.G.W. Smith
6-4
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
W.A. Holmes
6-4
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.C. Asling
6-0
6-1
6-3
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
William John (Bill) Moss
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Hans Nusslein 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.W. Lowe
6-3
8-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
John S. Pannell
6-4
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Basil Ranger Lawrence
6-0
6-2
6-4
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Derek Redmard Bocquet
7-5
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Derek Redmard Bocquet
6-4
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Pancho Segura 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Francesco Romanoni 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
7-5
7-5
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
A.E. Millman
6-3
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.W. Lowe
6-3
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Derek Redmard Bocquet
6-1
8-6
3-6
6-1
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
John J. Pearce
1-6
6-2
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Roger Simon
7-5
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Mohamed Ali 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-4
6-4
0-6
3-6
9-7
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
John F. Carpenter
6-1
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.W. Lowe
6-1
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.C. Asling
6-0
6-1
6-1
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
8-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
W.E. Clements
7-5
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.F. Young
6-0
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
A.C. Roberts
8-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
J.W. Pearce
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
H.H. Stebbins
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
W.G. Coles
6-2
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Basil Ranger Lawrence
6-0
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
A.C. Roberts
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-1
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
J.W. Pearce
6-1
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
P.E. Smith
6-0
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.F. Young
6-2
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
E.C. Asling
3-6
6-1
6-2
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
J.W. Pearce
6-2
7-5
8-6
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-2
6-2
9-11
6-1
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
André Lacroix
3-6
6-1
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
André Lacroix
6-4
10-8
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
S. Ellsworth (Sandy) Davenport III
7-5
8-6
Round 1
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
8-6
6-4
7-5
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-3
6-4
6-3
Poule
Hans Nusslein 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
6-3
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-4
6-3
Poule
Bill Tilden 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
4-6
6-2
6-3
Poule
Lester Stoefen 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-0
6-4
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Giovanni Palmieri
4-6
6-4
9-7
Poule
Robert Ramillon 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
7-5
Poule
Henri Cochet 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
9-7
3-6
8-6
Poule
Hans Nusslein 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-4
6-2
6-2
Poule
Martin Plaa 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-3
6-4
6-2
Poule
Bill Tilden 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-3
8-6
6-4
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Albert Burke
6-1
6-1
6-2
Poule
Robert Ramillon 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
6-3
7-5
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
w.o.
Final
T.C. Jeffery 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-8
10-8
13-11
6-4
Quarterfinals
Henri Cochet 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-4
6-1
6-3
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
F.H. Poulson
6-0
6-0
6-2
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
F.H. Poulson
6-3
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Robert Ramillon
6-2
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Lester Stoefen 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-2
5-7
6-2
6-4
Poule
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Keith Gledhill
6-2
6-1
4-6
6-1
Poule
Martin Plaa 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-2
12-10
6-4
Poule
Bill Tilden 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-2
6-1
6-2
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-1
6-3
6-1
Poule
Hans Nusslein 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-2
6-1
6-1
Poule
Bruce Barnes 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-3
6-0
8-6
Poule
Bill Tilden 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-3
6-3
6-4
Poule
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-3
6-0
6-3
Poule
Martin Plaa 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-3
6-1
8-6
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-3
6-2
8-6
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
D.W. Gresham
4
sets
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-0
6-2
6-3
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
8-6
3-6
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Hans Kienow
3
sets
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Alexander Sobestiansky
3
sets
Round 3
Heinz Messerschmidt 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
4-6
7-5
7-5
5-7
6-0
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Michael Dolan
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Murray Dolman
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Edwin J. Faulkner
6-2
6-1
6-8
10-8
Quarterfinals
Howard Kinsey 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
3-6
5-7
6-2
7-5
6-1
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Ferenc (Ferdinand) Schmidt
6-2
9-7
6-4
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Pierre Guidici
6-3
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Roman Najuch 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
6-1
6-1
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
T.C. Jeffery
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
A.A. Page
6-4
3-6
10-8
6-4
Quarterfinals
Albert Burke 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
7-5
6-2
6-4
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
J.W. Pearce
6-2
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
August C. Becker
6-4
8-6
9-7
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
J. Leavold
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Albert Burke 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-0
8-6
7-5
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Paul Henrion
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Roman Najuch 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-1
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
H. Pevin
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
T. Jefferey 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
F.J. Pearce
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
W. Dear
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
A.C. Roberts
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
J. Leavold
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Francis Wordsworth (Frank) Donisthorpe
6-4
2-0
ret.
Final
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Charles Richard Read
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Frank L. Pearce
1-6
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
Charles Robert Hierons
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Daniel (Dan) Maskell 1 *
C. Sprey-Smith
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Richard Read 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Maskell
6-4
6-4