Harry Lee (15 June 1907 – 14 April 1998) was a British

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player. He was a two time Davis Cup winner (1933-1934) and a semi finalist at the 1933

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. Between 1927 and 1950 Lee won 12 career singles titles.

Career

In major tennis tournaments he was a semi finalist at the 1933

, a quarter finalist at the 1934 Australian Championships. He also reached the fourth round of Wimbledon Championships on four occasions as well as reaching the fourth round of the U.S. National Championships in 1930. Lee played his first tournament in 1927 at the

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where he reached the third round. In 1929 he won his first title at the

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on grass against Charles Kingsley. In 1930 he won the singles title at the British Hard Court Championships after a four-sets victory in the final over Eric Peters, and the same year he won the

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against Pat Hughes, and the Beaulieu International tournament at Hotel Bristol at Beaulieu-sur-Mer,

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against Bunny Austin. In 1931 Harry entered seven tournaments and won three titles including the Priory Club tournament against Keats Lester, the West Kensington Hard Courts against Japanese player Iwao Aoki and the South Croydon Hard Courts against another Japanese player

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. This year he was also a finalist at the St.George's Hill Open losing to

. In 1932 he was a finalist at the Bermuda Championships at

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and played on hard courts where he lost to

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. Lee was a semi finalist at the French championships in 1933, where he beat

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and

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before losing to

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. In 1933 and 1934, he was part of the Davis Cup team, including

, Bunny Austin and Pat Hughes. They defeated the French team at Roland Garros in 1933 and the

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in 1934. In 1936 he won the inaugural Palace Hotel Covered Courts at

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played indoors against Frank Wilde. In 1939 he won his last title at the Exmouth Open on grass against

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. In 1950 Lee played his last event at the Bath tournament where he reached the final losing to British Ceylon player Doug Scharenguivel. Between 1927 and 1950 Lee won 12 career titles.

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