David Grainger Chaytor KC. (11 May 1868 – 13 July 1913) was an Irish

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player and later

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. In major tournaments of the time he was a singles quarter finalist at the

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, a three time quarter finalist at the

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, and finalist at the 1887

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. Between 1885 and 1900 he won 21 career titles.

Career

Grainger Chaytor was born on 11 May 1868 in Killiney, County Dublin in Ireland. He was one of three of his brothers who also played tennis, including the 1894 Wimbledon semi finalist

Tom Chaytor Thomas (Tom) Chaytor (13 November 1870 – 30 January 1951) was an Irish tennis player. He was Irish Lawn tennis Championships finalist in 1894 losing to Joshua Pim. He was a semi finalist at the 1894 Wimbledon Championships in the men's sin ...

. He played his first tournament at the 1885 East of Ireland Championships, at the Howth Lawn Tennis Club in the coastal suburb of

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where he lost in the first round to Robert Hassard. In 1886 he won his first title the Fitzwilliam Plate at the

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against Francis Perry. In major tennis tournaments of the time he was a singles quarter finalist at the

, a three time quarter finalist at the

, and finalist at the 1887

. His other career singles highlights include winning the

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four times (1892–1894, 1899), the

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three times (1891, 1895, 1898) at

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, the Yorkshire Championships three times (1895, 1898, 1900). In addition to winning one title including the Fitzwilliam Plate (1886), Kilkenny County and City Open (1887), the King's County and Ormonde Tournament (1887), Staffordshire County Lawn Tennis Championships (1890), the Dublin University Championships (1890) Queens Challenge Cup (1890), the

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(1890), the East of Scotland Championships (1891), the Fitzwilliam Club Championships (1891) and the

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(1892). He was also a finalist at the Killiney and Ballybrack Championships (1886), the Fitzwilliam Club Championships (1887), the Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887), the

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(1889),

North of Ireland Championships The North of Ireland Championships was an early Victorian period men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1879. The championship was played at the Cliftonville Cricket Club, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. The tournament ran an ...

(1889),

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(1892), the

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(1899). In 1900 Grainger played his final tournament at the

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. Between 1885 and 1900 he won 21 career titles.

Personal

Grainger Chaytor, as he was known, was one of six siblings and three three lawn tennis-playing Chaytor brothers including Wimbledon semi finalist

from the suburb of Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. They were the children of Charles Henry George Chaytor and Mary Anne Chaytor (nee. Grainger) from whom the lawn tennis player took his middle name. He married Mary Elizabeth (Gambell) Chaytor in October 1892 in Callan, Ireland. Grainger Chaytor studied law and was later appointed King’s Counsel, he died on 13 July 1913.

References

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