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General First nameRupert L.
LastnameHamblin-Smith
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1872-12-16
Place of birthCambridge, England
Date of death1936-08-19
Place of deathWoodbridge, Suffolk, England

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Archive statistics Career1890 - 1910
Tournament wins2
Matches103
Match wins63

Tournament wins 1894 - Suffolk Championships (Amateur)
1892 - Witham (Amateur)

Tournaments Bungay - 1910

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H.C. Stewart

6-2 6-2

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Gerard Noel Cornwallis Mann

6-2 6-3

Quarterfinals

Edward Joseph Sampson 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 6-2

Bungay - 1909

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H.E. Carter

6-2 4-0 ret.

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
G.S. Crawford

6-3 7-5

Quarterfinals

Sidney Wallis Newling 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 3-6 6-3

Skegness - 1909

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
G.H. Scottorn

6-1 6-2

Round 3

Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

7-5 6-2

Skegness - 1908

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H.T. Thomson

6-4 6-3

Round 3

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Edward Noel Crowder

9-7 6-0

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Hassan Ali Fyzee

6-3 6-1

Semifinals

Charles Dixon 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-3 6-3

Cinque Ports Championships - 1905

Round 1

Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 7-5

Pitlochry - 1905

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
G.E. Hewitt

6-1 6-2

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
J. Pinkerton

6-0 6-4

Final

Alexander Morrice MacKay 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-3 6-2 6-1

Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1903

Round 1

Sydney Lawrence Fry 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

9-7 8-6

Scottish Championships - 1902

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Adam Brown

6-2 6-4

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
J.M. Laing

6-2 6-3

Semifinals

Charles Pritchett 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 6-8 6-1

Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1902

Round 2

Henry James Wilson Fosbery 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 6-2

Great Yarmouth - 1901

Round 1

Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-1 7-5

Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1901

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
John Parry

6-0 6-2

Quarterfinals

Sydney Lawrence Fry 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

4-6 6-2 6-3

Scottish Championships - 1900

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H. Hills

6-1 6-2

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Samuel Ernest Chesterman

6-4 3-6 6-4

Semifinals

Charles Pritchett 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-1 4-6 4-6 6-2 7-5

Scottish Championships - 1899

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
R. Hills

6-0 6-0

Quarterfinals

Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-1 7-5

Northumberland Championships - 1899

Round 2

Captain Ernest Douglas Black 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-1 5-7 6-2

Scottish Championships - 1898

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Edward Armstrong O'Neill

9-7 6-1 6-4

Quarterfinals

Captain Ernest Douglas Black 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-3 6-3 6-3

Suffolk Championships - 1898

Quarterfinals

Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-4 6-3

Scottish Championships - 1897

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Edgar Henry Avarne Vanderspar

4-6 6-3 2-2 ret.

Quarterfinals

Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-4 6-3

Northumberland Championships - 1897

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Campbell Bernhard Hausburg

6-3 6-4

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Edward Armstrong O'Neill

6-4 4-6 6-2

Quarterfinals

George Hillyard 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-1 6-1

Suffolk Championships - 1897

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
E.H. Montgomery

7-5 6-2

Quarterfinals

Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

7-5 6-4

Great Yarmouth - 1897

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Leonard Edwin Pretty

w.o.

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Lewin Venn Alexander

6-1 6-1

Final

Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 6-3

Scottish Championships - 1896

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
John Waterhouse Glenny

6-0 9-7

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Richard Millar Watson

3-6 6-2 6-1

Semifinals

Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

7-5 6-2 6-3

Northumberland Championships - 1896

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H. Smurthwaite

6-2 6-4

Round 3

Frank Riseley 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 6-3

Suffolk Championships - 1896

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *

bye

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Litchfield Morley Binckes

6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Ernest Frederic Halsted

6-1 6-1

Semifinals

Charles Henry (Jack) Ridding 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 6-2

Essex Championships - 1896

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Captain Brady

6-1 6-2

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
F.H. Garnett

6-2 6-1

Quarterfinals

Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-1 3-6 6-1

East of England Championships - 1896

Round 1

Robert Baldock Scott 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-3 5-0 ret.

Suffolk Championships - 1895

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Walter Radcliffe Horncastle

Semifinals

Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 6-3 6-1

Essex Championships - 1895

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Robert Stanley Ransome

7-5 6-3

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
D. Fuller

6-2 8-10 6-2

Semifinals

Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-4 6-2

Colchester Championship - 1895

Round 1

Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

8-10 6-3 6-2

East of England Championships - 1895

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
A.H. Richardson

6-0 6-0

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Arnold Herschell

6-4 1-6 6-3

Semifinals

Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 6-1

Suffolk Championships - 1894

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Walter Radcliffe Horncastle

6-4 8-6 3-2 ret.

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Osmond Robert McMullen

6-8 6-3 9-7 8-6

Final

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Robert Baldock Scott

6-2 6-2 6-5

Essex Championships - 1894

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
John Flavelle

6-3 4-6 6-3

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Herbert William Kersey

10-8 6-4

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall

5-7 6-2 9-7

Final

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Hugh Marley

2-6 7-5 6-4

Challenge Round

Herbert Ramon Yglesias 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

7-5 6-3

Colchester Championship - 1894

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Francis Scrimgeour Hyde Forshall

6-3 4-6 6-1

Quarterfinals

Herbert Ramon Yglesias 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

9-7 6-4

East of England Championships - 1894

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
E.S. Salmon

6-5 6-2

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Robert Stanley Ransome

6-3 6-3

Final

Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 6-2

Aldeburgh Open - 1894

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *

bye

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Walter Radcliffe Horncastle

6-3 6-4

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
R.W. Wallace

6-5 6-4

Final

Robert Baldock Scott 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

w.o.

Colchester Championship - 1893

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Henry Bingham de Vic Tupper

w.o.

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
L.H. Vernon Harcourt

6-3 6-3

Semifinals

Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 6-2

East of England Championships - 1893

Quarterfinals

Dr. Samuel Henry Hughes 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

w.o.

Saxmundham - 1893

Round 1

Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-2 6-4 6-2

Aldeburgh Open - 1893

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
J.B. Wood

6-2 6-4

Final

Herbert Owen Ransome 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

7-5 5-7 6-1

Aldeburgh Open - 1892

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *

bye

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
W.E. Long

6-1 6-4

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
G.H. Savage

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
Edward Chetwynd-Stapylton

6-2 6-1

Final

Herbert Owen Ransome 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

Witham - 1892

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
John Francis Bawtree

6-5 6-2

Quarterfinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
R.G. Perry

6-4 6-2

Semifinals

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H.W. Snell

6-4 6-2

Final

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
W.J. Gray

Aldeburgh Open - 1891

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
J.A. Heiron

6-1 6-3

Quarterfinals

Charles Sidney Cullingham 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-4 6-5

Saxmundham - 1890

Round 1

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
A. Redford

6-2 6-4

Round 2

Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 1 *
H.E. Johnson

6-3 6-3

Quarterfinals

Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith

6-0 6-1

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