Cyril Aubrey Kemp (12 June 1915 — 25 December 2010) was an Irish

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player active in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also a national representative in the sports of

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and

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. The son of an all-round sportsman, Kemp had his best period on the tennis tour in the late 1940s, debuting for the

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in 1946. He made 9 Davis Cup appearances for Ireland from 1946 to 1952. He was singles runner-up at the

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in 1946 and 1947, and won the event in 1950. His run at the 1947 Irish championships included an upset semi-final win over Tom Brown, who was fresh off making a

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final. In 1948 he won through to the third round at Wimbledon, before losing to the top seeded Frank Parker.

Alice Marble Alice Marble (September 28, 1913 – December 13, 1990) was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships between 1936 and 1940: five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles. She was ranked world No. 1 in 193 ...

(USA), the greatest woman player of her day, came to Dublin in 1939 to compete in the Irish Championships at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club and during her stay played an exhibition match against Kemp. Marble, who in the week before her appearance in Dublin had become the first woman of the century to win the Triple Crown at Wimbledon — the Mixed Doubles, the Ladies’ Doubles, and the Ladies’ Singles titles — won the hard-fought match 9-7, 8-6. A full account of the match can be found in the Irish Times edition of 14th July 1939.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kemp, Cyril 1915 births 2010 deaths Irish male tennis players Irish table tennis players Irish squash players

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