Charles Raymond Davys Tuckey (15 June 1910 – 15 October 2005) was an

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player. Raymond Tuckey and Pat Hughes won the doubles in

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in 1936, defeating Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in five sets. In 1937 he again reached the men's doubles finals at Wimbledon but this time lost with Pat Hughes against American team of

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and

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in four sets. He was part of the winning British

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team in 1935 (against the US) and 1936 (against Australia) and of the 1937 team that lost the final to the US. His mother,

Agnes Tuckey Agnes Katherine Raymond Tuckey (née Daniell, 8 July 1877 – 13 May 1972) was an English tennis player. With Hope Crisp, she was the winner of the first Wimbledon mixed doubles in 1913. In 1906 she married Charles Orpen Tuckey who taught ...

, was, with Hope Crisp, the first winner of the Wimbledon

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in 1913. Agnes, when in her fifties, partnered Raymond in the mixed doubles in 1931 and 1932, the only instance of a parent and child teaming up at the championships. His sister, Kay Tuckey, was also a tennis player.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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