John Galbraith Horn (16 April 1860 – 10 September 1925) also known as J.G. Horn or Galbraith Horn was a Scottish tennis player who competed at the

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and

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. He won the Scottish Championships three times consecutively from 1881 to 1883. He was active from 1881 to 1892 and won 6 career singles titles.

Career

John Galbraith Horn was born In

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in 1860. He attended Oxford University during the early 1880s, matriculating at

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on 13 October 1879. He played and won his first tournament at the Scottish Championships in 1881. He competed in the men's singles events at the

in 1881 where he lost in the first round to

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. At the 1882 championships he reached the second round before losing to Frank Benson. His main career singles title successes came at the Scottish Championships which he won three times consecutivley (1881–1893), and was a finalist in (1884), He also won the Edinburgh University LTC Open (1883), the Fifeshire Championship (1885) and the West of Scotland Championships (1887). In addition he was a losing finalist at the Oxford University Champion Tournament (1882), Darlington Open (1884, 1885, 1887), and the West of Scotland Championships (1894). Galbraith Horn played his final singles event at the

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on clay in 1893. He died on 10 September 1925 in

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