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General First nameHarold Issidro Tower
LastnameAitken
GenderMale
CountrySouth Africa
Date of birth1877-04-09
Place of birthLima, Peru
Date of death1939-07-27
Place of deathEsher, Surrey, Great Britain


About

Harold Aitken was a cable clerk with the Eastern Telegraph Company. In 1909, he married Edith Hall and his employers moved him to Cape Town for 10 years. His address is shown on the birth certificate of his son Claude, my father, as The Foreland, Avenue Protea, Sea Point, Cape Town. He captained the Sea Point tennis team in 1912, and returned to England in 1919, when he played for South Africa in the Davis Cup.

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Archive statistics Career1902 - 1927
Tournament wins4
Matches53
Match wins37


Tournament wins 1921 - Edmonton (Amateur)
1908 - Carlisle (Amateur)
1905 - Carlisle (Amateur)
1902 - Carlisle (Amateur)


Tournaments Cannes Métropole - 1927 Wimbledon - 1921 Edmonton - 1921 Edmonton - 1920 Aldeburgh Open - 1920 Wimbledon - 1919 Queens Club Tournament - 1919 Wimbledon - 1914 Queens Club Tournament - 1914 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1914 South African Championships - 1913 South African Championships - 1912 South African Championships - 1910 Carlisle - 1908 Conishead Priory - 1908 Carlisle - 1907 Bournemouth - 1905 Carlisle - 1905 Carlisle - 1904 Carlisle - 1902