Hugh Adair
Nisbet
Male
England
1873-06-22
Kilburn, London, England
1937-03-12
London, England
Hugh Adair Nisbet was born in June 1873 in London. He was the son of Hary Curtis Nisbet, a solicitor, and Louise Margaret Kelso Nisbet (née Bruce). The lawn tennis player’s first name is erroneously listed as Harold in some sources. He later became a civil servant.
On a visit to the United States in the summer of 1897, Hugh Nisbet notably reached all-comers’ final in the men’s singles event at the U.S. Championships, and the final match in the men’s doubles at the same tournament. In the singles event he was defeated by Wilberforce Eaves, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2, while in the doubles event Nisbet and Harold Mahony lost to the Americans George Sheldon and Leonard Ware, 13-11, 2-6, 7-9, 1-6, 6-1.
Nisbet was also runner-up in the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon four times. In 1896, he and Reginald Doherty were defeated by the Baddeley twins, Herbert and Wilfred, 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. In 1898, Nisbet and Clarence Hobart lost to Doherty and his brother Lawrence, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. In 1899, Nisbet and Hobart were again beaten by the Doherty brothers, this time 7-5, 6-0, 6-2. In 1900, Nisbet and Herbert Roper Barrett lost to the Dohertys, 9-7, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3.
In the years circa 1911, Hugh Nisbet lived in Hong Kong with his wife. While there, Nisbet took part in the early Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships with great success. A son, also called Hugh Adair Nisbet (1915-54), was born to Nisbet and his wife, Flora (known as ‘Flossie’). The family later moved back to England.
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H.A. Nisbet was the first Hong Kong National Singles Champion by virtue of his triumph at the inaugural Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships in 1911. In fact, he completed a hat-trick of titles by claiming the next two championships in 1913 and 1914 as well. He was also a runner-up in 1917. His success on grass was probably due to his earlier achievements prior to coming to Hong Kong, as Wimbledon records showed a certain H.A. Nisbet being a 3-time Wimbledon Men’s Doubles Finalist in the years 1898, 1899, and 1900.
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1893 - 1903
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1911 - Hong Kong National Grass Courts (Open)
1898 - Fitzwilliam Plate (Amateur)
1896 - Saint-Servan-Sur-Mer (Amateur)
1896 - North of England Championships (Open)
1895 - Saint-Servan-Sur-Mer (Amateur)
1895 - Blackheath (Amateur)
1894 - Championships of Hamburg (Amateur)
Round 2
S.H.R. Davies 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
w.o.
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Bernard Wood-Hill
w.o.
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Henry Gillibrand Elwin Evered
6-3
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Frederick William Payn
6-2
6-8
6-4
3-6
6-2
Semifinals
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
F. Rathbone
6-1
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Réginald Arthur Villiers Forbes
6-0
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
A. Tyne 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Charles Edmund Tatham 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
w.o.
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
H.F. Wilkinson
6-1
8-6
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Frederick Charles Garrett
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
John Eccles Saint George Johnstone
6-0
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-3
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Maurice Fitzmaurice Day
6-4
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Neville John Durlacher
6-2
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-0
6-4
1-6
9-7
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Frederick James Wade Plaskitt
7-5
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Arthur Gore 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
9-7
0-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Gilbert Hough Grummitt
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
7-5
3-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Sydney Adams
2-6
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
10-8
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
William Frederick Martin
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Henry Dewar Malcolm
6-2
2-6
6-1
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
A.H. Greening
1-6
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
L.T. Ball
7-9
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Stuart Baddeley
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Sidney Howard Smith
7-5
7-5
Final
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-0
6-3
1-6
6-3
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Robert Hough
6-3
6-2
7-9
6-3
Round 2
Wilfred Baddeley 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Harold Hackett
2-6
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
J. Kent Willing
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Beals Wright
6-3
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
8-6
4-6
6-4
3-6
7-5
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Bill Larned
3-6
2-6
9-7
6-4
6-4
Final
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
7-5
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
George Winthrop Lee
7-5
2-6
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Beals Wright
6-2
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
9-7
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Brame Hillyard
6-3
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
9-7
6-4
5-7
7-5
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Robert Hough
6-3
6-4
6-8
3-6
6-0
Semifinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-3
4-6
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Henry Gillibrand Elwin Evered
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
7-5
Poule
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
9-7
Poule
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
5-7
6-4
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
11-9
4-6
8-6
Poule
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
10-8
9-7
Poule
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-8
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Walter George Bailey
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Horace Chapman
3-6
3-6
6-1
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
George Miéville Simond
2-6
6-4
6-4
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
2-6
8-6
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
1-6
1-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
James Powell
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
John Flavelle
6-1
10-8
6-1
Semifinals
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
w.o.
Final
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
George Ball Greene
4-6
6-4
11-9
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Robert Francis Dunnell
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Thompson Jowett
6-3
ret.
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Henry Oswald Wade
7-5
8-6
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Harold Weston Carlton
7-5
6-2
Final
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Frank Riseley
3-6
7-5
6-4
5-7
6-2
Challenge Round
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
David Grainger Chaytor
w.o.
Challenge Round
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Charles James Glenny
6-2
6-8
5-7
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Hugh Marley
6-4
6-2
7-9
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Guy Brabazon Pilkington
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
7-5
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Henry Martin 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
4-6
6-3
ret.
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Guy Brabazon Pilkington
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
7-5
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Henry Martin 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
2-6
6-4
ret.
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-2
6-3
3-0
ret.
Round 2
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
4-6
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-4
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
11-13
6-3
5-7
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
11-9
6-4
8-10
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
John Flavelle
6-3
5-7
6-2
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
E.K. Harvey
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Horace Chapman 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Bevan Lean
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
F.G. Knowles
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
2-6
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Robert Francis Dunnell
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-2
8-6
Final
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
7-9
4-6
6-4
9-7
6-1
Challenge Round
Graf Viktor Eugen Felix Voss-Schönau 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
w.o.
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Grosvenor de Jacobi du Vallon
w.o.
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
E.K. Harvey
6-2
6-3
Final
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
William John Down
7-5
7-5
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Hugh Marley
6-1
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Turketil George Pearson Greville 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
7-5
7-9
6-3
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Arthur Kirby
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Ernest Durrant Robinson
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
C.E. Hunter
6-1
6-2
Final
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Christian B. Winzer
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Mr. A. Hunter
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
A. Bull
6-3
6-3
Final
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Thomas Edmett Haydon
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Ed Busch
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
A.C. Brock
6-1
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
John Flavelle
6-1
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
H.G. Salmon
6-0
8-6
6-2
Final
Archdale Palmer 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
6-4
2-6
6-1
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
w.o.
Round 2
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Francis Saint Barbe Haskett-Smith
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Archdale Palmer
5-7
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Hugh Adair Nisbet 1 *
Stuart Baddeley
3-6
8-6
7-5
Final
Thomas Edmett Haydon 1 *
Hugh Adair Nisbet
1-6
6-2
3-6
6-3
7-5