Toler Roberts Garvey (1865–1946) was an Irish

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player who played Wimbledon in 1886, where he beat William Taylor before losing to

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in the semifinals. Garvey won several Irish tournaments including the

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three times (1886, 1894, 1896) (the 1890s was the most successful period in history for Irish tennis). Garvey was a

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1865 births 1946 deaths 19th-century male tennis players Irish male tennis players Sportspeople from Birr, County Offaly {{Ireland-tennis-bio-stub