Albert C. "Snapper" Curtis (26 January 1875 – 12 September 1933) was an Australian tennis player and medical practitioner.

Biography

Curtis was born in Adelong, New South Wales, and attended Newington College (1889–1892) where as a boarding student he was a noted sportsman. He matriculated in 1893 and became a first year medical student at the University of Sydney. In 1896, with David Edwards, Curtis won the Queensland Doubles Championship. In 1897 he was part of the University A Team in Tennis that included fellow Old Newingtonians David Edwards and

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. In that year he won the NSW Championship. Curtis was at the University of Sydney until 1902 but was only in third year in 1896 and remained there until 1899. He finally passed the deferred third year exam in 1900. Curtis moved to South Australia and graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1905. He finished runner-up to

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in the singles final of the inaugural

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, the future

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, in

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

. Curtis was medical superintendent of the Beechworth Asylum before his death in Melbourne on 12 September 1933, aged 58.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

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* 1875 births 1933 deaths People educated at Newington College University of Adelaide alumni University of Adelaide Medical School alumni Tennis players from Sydney Australian male tennis players 19th-century Australian people 20th-century Australian people People from Adelong, New South Wales {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub