Lionel Herbert
Knight
Male
Argentina
1885-02-12
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
1963-10-22
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lionel Knight was the youngest of the four lawn tennis-playing Knight brothers born to an English father and an Argentine mother in the city of Rosario in Argentina. His brothers were Edward, Stanley and Albert. Lionel Knight notably won the men’s singles title at the River Plate Championships in Buenos Aires ten times in a row, from 1913 to 1922.
When his lawn tennis career was ending, Lionel Knight took up golf. He also opened a business on Calle Reconquista in Buenos Aires, selling golfing equipment. However, this business did not do well and Lionel Knight is believed to have fallen into poverty and to have died destitute in 1963 at the age of 78.
1906 - 1923
11
21
15
1922 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1921 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1920 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1919 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1918 - City of Buenos Aires Championships (Amateur)
1918 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1917 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1916 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1915 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1914 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
1913 - River Plate Championships (Amateur)
Final
Ronaldo Boyd 1 *
Lionel Herbert Knight
6-0
3-6
7-6
6-2
Semifinals
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Armando Zumelzu
3-6
6-1
6-3
6-3
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Arturo Hortal
w.o.
Poule
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Domingo José Torralva-Ponsa
6-8
6-3
4-6
6-4
6-4
Poule
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Luis Torralva-Ponsa
5-7
6-3
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Arturo Hortal
6-1
6-4
9-7
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Carlos Dumas
6-2
4-6
9-7
6-4
Poule
Luis Torralva-Ponsa 1 *
Lionel Herbert Knight
1-6
6-2
6-3
6-4
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Arturo Hortal
6-0
2-6
6-0
7-5
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Arturo Hortal
6-2
6-4
2-6
6-2
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Arturo Hortal
6-4
6-2
6-3
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Henry Bernard Mansell Knight
4
sets
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Carlos Juan Morea
6-0
3-6
6-4
6-3
Final
Carlos Juan Morea 1 *
Lionel Herbert Knight
5-7
6-1
4-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Alfredo J. (Chiquito) Villegas
6-3
7-5
4-3
ret.
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
Alfredo J. (Chiquito) Villegas
1-6
5-7
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
J.H. Daly
2-6
6-2
5-7
7-5
6-3
Final
Lionel Herbert Knight 1 *
R.O. Sheward
6-4
6-0
6-1
Final
Edward Stanley Knight 1 *
Lionel Herbert Knight
6-1
6-4
3-6
6-1
Final
Edward Stanley Knight 1 *
Lionel Herbert Knight
6-1
8-6
6-3
Final
Edward Stanley Knight 1 *
Lionel Herbert Knight
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-4