Douglas Herman Scharenguivel (23 July 1918 — 10 July 1995) was a British-Sri Lankan
tennis
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player.
Scharenguivel grew up in what was then
British Ceylon
British Ceylon ( si, බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between ...
, where he was a junior tennis champion. Post-war he moved to Bristol to complete his studies and found work as a civil engineer, living during this time in the town of
Filton
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Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
county captain, Scharenguivel reached the singles second round at
Wimbledon
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on three occasions, was a two-time
Exmouth Open
The Exmouth Open originally called the Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament or simply Exmouth Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1880. From 1890 the event was known as the Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament. It ...
singles champion and won the
West of England Championships
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in doubles. He won the singles title at Bath every year from 1947 to 1952.
In 1953 he was called up to the
Ceylon Davis Cup team for the country's debut tournament appearance and played a tie against the
Netherlands
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in Scheveningen.
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1918 births
1995 deaths
Sri Lankan male tennis players
Tennis players from Gloucestershire
Sri Lankan emigrants to the United Kingdom
People from British Ceylon