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Richard Millar Watson

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Richard Thomson
Full nameRichard Millar Thomson
Country (sports) Scotland
Born19 March 1860
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died1925
Edinburgh, Scotland
Turned pro1882 (amateur)
Retired1907
Singles
Career record116–58[1]
Career titles8[1]

Richard Millar Thomson[2] (19 March 1860 – 1925) was a Scottish tennis player. He won the Scottish Championships in 1894,[3] and was a quarter finalist at the Irish Championships in 1890. He was active from 1882 to 1907 and won 8 career singles titles.[1]

Career

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Thomson was born In Edinburgh, Scotland in 1860.[1] He played his first tournament at the South of Scotland Championships in Moffsat in 1882 where he reached the quarter finals.[1] He won his first title at the West Teviotdale Open in Hawick in 1886.[1]

In 1893 at the sixth attempt he reached the challenge round final of the Scottish Championships, but was beaten by defending champion and Englishman Arthur Gore.[4] In 1894 avenged his defeat of the previous years loss when won the Scottish Championships against reigning two time title holder Arthur Gore.[5]

His main career singles title successes came at the South of Scotland Championships[6] which he won two times (1891, 1893),[1] he also won the Inverkip Rovers Open (1888),[1] the Castle Wemyss Cup[1] as the men's event as part of the Castle Wemyss Open (1891), the North of Scotland Championships (1892),[1] and the Whitehouse Open (1894).[1]

In addition he was a losing finalist at the East of Scotland Championships three times (1888 1891–1892),[1] Galashiels Championship (1887),[1] and the West of Scotland Championships (1894).[1] Thomson played his final singles event at the Northumberland Championships in 1907.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Players:Watson, Richard Millar". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 62–64. OCLC 5358651.
  3. ^ A. Wallis Myers
  4. ^ Robertson, George (1995). Tennis in Scotland : 100 Years of the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association, 1895-1995. Edinburgh: SLTA. p. 269. ISBN 095257540X.
  5. ^ "LAWN TENNIS: Scottish Championships. Mr. Richard Millar Watson, the famous Edinburgh player, won the event when Englishman Arthur Gore conceded in the final for the Scottish championship by a walkover. Mr Watson therefore succeeded in winning the singles title". Glasgow Herald. Lanarkshire, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 30 July 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ Reid, Fiona (18 March 2023). "Anyone for tennis?". Moffat News. DNG Media. Retrieved 15 May 2023.