Gilbert
Nunns
Male
Canada
1907-06-30
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
2001-07-16
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gilbert Nunns married fellow tennis player Beatrice Symons on 7 September 1933. Their daughter, Brenda Nunns (later Mrs Shoemaker; b. 1945) would also become a tennis player, while Brenda’s son, David Shoemaker, works in the administrative side of the sport.
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Gilbert Nunns was born in Leeds, England, but his family moved to Nova Scotia, Canada, when he was a child. As a young man, Nunns was given the opportunity to compete at Wimbledon, but he was not able to attend because he would have lost his full-time job in Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto and played for their tennis team for four years. He was the intramural singles and doubles champion in 1926 and a member of the team when the University of Toronto won the championship title in 1927 and 1928.
Nunns was very successful provincially and nationally in Canada, and was the Ontario, Quebec and Canadian junior singles champion in 1924 and 1925. From 1929-1931, Nunns competed in senior events and won five Ontario singles and doubles titles during that time.
Gilbert Nunns was a Davis Cup team member in 1927 when he, Dr Jack Wright, Willard Crocker and Dr Arthur Ham beat Cuba 3-2 in first-round play in the Americas Zone. In 1933, the Canadian Davis Cup team came up against Cuba again in the Americas Zone, when Nunns captured both his singles matches as Canada scored an overall 4-1 win. Nunns competed in one more Davis Cup tie, in 1934, as playing captain.
1923 - 1938
5
67
43
1931 - Ontario Championships (Open)
1930 - Ontario Championships (Open)
1930 - Eastern Canadian Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Province of Quebec Championships (Open)
1929 - Ontario Championships (Open)
Round 1
Demi Havlicek 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
William B. Reese
6-46
-2
Quarterfinals
Edward W. Feibleman 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
13-11
6-3
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Gordon (Cokie) W. Shields
3-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Ross Alfred Wilson
7-5
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Marcel Rainville 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-4
2-6
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Roland Longtin
6-4
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Robert Dudley Murray
6-3
6-4
6-1
Final
Marcel Rainville 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-1
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Martin Buxby 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
2-6
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
James Wesley (Jimmy) Nuthall
?
Final
Walter Melville Martin 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-2
6-3
4-6
7-9
6-2
Quarterfinals
Marcel Rainville 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Beverly Alan Rhodes
6-0
6-1
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Jack E. Brawn
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Clarence Melvin (Mel) Dranga
4-6
6-3
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Marcel Rainville
10-8
6-0
4-6
6-2
Final
Jack Wright 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-3
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Leo Hilts
6-4
6-2
6-1
Final
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Walter Melville Martin
6-0
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Leo Hilts
6-3
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Bernard Faubert
6-3
6-0
6-2
Final
Jack Wright 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Brian W. Doherty jr
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-2
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur
4-6
6-4
6-4
6-4
Final
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-4
8-6
0-6
9-7
Round 3
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Leo Hiltz
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Walter Melville Martin
3-6
8-6
6-3
6-2
Final
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr.
6-1
6-3
3-6
6-2
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
William Leroy Rennie
6-4
4-6
6-1
6-3
Final
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Walter Melville Martin
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
John Stewart (Jack) Proctor
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jack Wright 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-3
1-6
6-1
2-6
7-5
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
William Leroy Rennie
6-1
2-6
6-3
6-4
Final
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Arthur Ham
6-4
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Walter Melville Martin
6-3
4-6
4-6
6-2
Final
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
William Leroy Rennie
6-0
5-7
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Marcel Rainville 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-4
6-0
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Gordon Green Pirt
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-3
6-4
2-6
10-8
Round 1
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Neil Joseph Sullivan
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Rene Lacoste 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-0
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
W.B. Boucher
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Sherman Douglass Lockwood
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Leon de Turenne 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-0
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Louis Thalheimer 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
1-6
7-5
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Willard Crocker 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-1
0-6
4-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
J. Donald D. Campbell
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
John R. Matson
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
W. Merston
6-0,
6-0
Round 4
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Gerald Cunningham
7-9
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Leon de Turenne 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-1
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
William Leroy Rennie 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Everett Henri Laframboise 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Harvey Bain Carlaw
6-3
6-4
9-7
Final
William Leroy Rennie 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
A.C. Simpson
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Everett Henri Laframboise 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Arthur John Veysey 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
Paul Deschênes
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Gilbert Nunns 1 *
N.A. Burrows
6-4
6-1
6-3
Final
Jack Wright 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-2
2-6
3-6
6-1
6-1