Murray Don Deloford (15 June 1916 – 12 February 1981) was a British tennis player. Deloford, a London native, had his best period on tour in the late 1930s, winning the Scottish Championships,

Irish Championships Irish Open may refer to: *Irish Open (golf), a golf tournament on the European Tour **Irish Senior Open, a golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour **Ladies Irish Open, a golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour * Irish Open (darts), annual ...

and

Kent Championships The Kent Championships also known as the Kent All-Comers' Championships was a tennis tournament held in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent, England between 1886 and 1996 and was held in the first half of June. From 1887 until 1910 the tournament was ...

amongst other titles. At the

1939 Wimbledon Championships The 1939 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1939. It was the 59th ...

he made it through to the round of 16, beating Yugoslav

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

player Dragutin Mitić en route. He was considered unfortunate not to have played Davis Cup tennis himself during this period. In

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Deloford served with

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and was involved in operations over Germany, Greece, North Africa and Italy. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in 1943. After the war he was married to Mavis Rosita Outram, with whom he had two children. The couple ended up in divorce court in 1957 and his wife made allegations of cruelty, while he countered that she had committed adultery. A jury found him not guilty of the cruelty allegations and issued a divorce decree.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deloford, Murray 1916 births 1981 deaths British male tennis players English male tennis players Tennis players from Greater London Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)