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player in the years before and after World war 1. He played in the Wimbledon singles from 1912 to 1926. His best performance at Wimbledon was a quarter final in 1913 (where he lost to

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). He won seven tournaments, including the 1910 Edmonton, where he defeated

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in the final. He was runner-up at the 1909 Sussex Championships, where he defeated

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(a world No. 8) and Arthur Davys Tuckey in the semifinal before losing the final to

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. His daughter Peggy played at Wimbledon (Alfred and Peggy played mixed doubles together at Wimbledon).

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