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Percival Davson
Full namePercival May Davson
Country (sports)United Kingdom
Born(1877-09-30)30 September 1877
Demerara, British Guiana
Died5 December 1959(1959-12-05) (aged 82)
Paddington, London, England
Turned pro1906 (amateur tour)
Retired1926
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 8 (1919, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1914, 1922)
Other tournaments
WHCC1R (1920)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1920)
Other doubles tournaments
WCCCW (1920)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1921)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1919Ch)
Percival Davson

Medal record

Men's fencing
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Épée, team

Percival May Davson (30 September 1877 – 5 December 1959) was a British fencer and tennis player. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He also competed in the Davis Cup in 1919.[4]

In April 1913 Percival won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships after defeating Erik Larsen in the final in four sets.[5]

Davson was ranked World No. 8 in 1919 by A. Wallis MyersofThe Daily Telegraph.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 422.
  • ^ "Olympics Statistics: Percival Davson". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  • ^ "Percival Davson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  • ^ "Percival Davson". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  • ^ "Lawn Tennis – Covered Courts Championship". Dublin Daily Express. British Newspaper Archive. 28 April 1913. p. 9.
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