Louis Bosman
Raymond
Male
South Africa
1895-06-28
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
1962-01-30
Johannesburg, South Africa
He won the South African Championships six times; four consecutive titles from 1921 through 1924 as well as victories in 1930 and 1931.
In 1924 he made it to the semifinal of the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships, losing to eventual champion Jean Borotra in straight sets.[2] In 1927 he reached the quarterfinal of the French Championship in which he was defeated by Bill Tilden.
Between 1919 and 1931, Raymond played in ten ties for the South African Davis Cup team and has a record of ten wins and eleven losses.[3]
In Tilden's book, The Art of Lawn Tennis, Raymond is described as a "hard working and deserving player" and someone who "attains success by industry rather than natural talent".[4]
1914 - 1934
27
129
98
1931 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1930 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1930 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1924 - D.D.V. Amsterdam (Amateur)
1924 - North of England Championships (Open)
1924 - Budleigh Salterton (Amateur)
1924 - Eastern Transvaal (Amateur)
1924 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1924 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1923 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1923 - Natal Championships (Amateur)
1923 - Eastern Transvaal (Amateur)
1922 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1921 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1921 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1921 - Eastern Transvaal (Amateur)
1920 - Olympics, Olympic Games (Olympic Games)
1920 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
1920 - Hampshire Championships (Amateur)
1920 - Ashby de la Zouch (Amateur)
1919 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Buxton (Amateur)
1915 - Eastern Transvaal (Amateur)
1914 - Eastern Transvaal (Amateur)
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
J.A. Hodgson
6-2
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Maxwell Bertram 1 *
Louis Raymond
2-6
1-6
6-0
7-5
6-1
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Emile Getaz
6-0
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Norman Farquharson 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Christian Boussus 1 *
Louis Raymond
7-5
6-0
8-6
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh
6-1
4-6
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Benjamin (Benny/Beni) Berthet 1 *
Louis Raymond
7-5
4-6
3-6
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Roy Stilwell
6-3
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Colin Robbins
6-1
4-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Norman Farquharson
6-2
6-8
6-3
4-6
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Maxwell Bertram
6-3
4-6
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Louis Raymond
9-7
6-4
Semifinals
Vernon Kirby 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-4
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Roy John Malcolm
7-5
7-5
5-7
4-6
10-8
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Guy Eaglestone
6-2
6-4
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Colin Robbins
6-2
5-7
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Norman Farquharson
6-3
6-3
3-6
3-6
6-2
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Roy John Malcolm
1-6
6-2
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
Arthur Lowe
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Randolph Lycett
6-3
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-3
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Jean Augustin 1 *
Louis Raymond
w.o.
Final
Bunny Austin 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-3
6-2
1-6
6-4
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jack Condon
6-1
6-4
4-6
11-9
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jack Condon
2-6
7-5
4-6
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Colin Robbins 1 *
Louis Raymond
2-6
6-4
6-4
6-8
6-2
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
Charles Roupell
6-4
7-5
8-6
Round 2
Gordon Crole-Rees 1 *
Louis Raymond
2-6
6-3
4-6
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Roger Danet
7-5
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Christian Boussus
3-6
6-1
3-6
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Louis Raymond 1 *
Sri-Krishna Prasada
6-2
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Louis Raymond
5-7
6-2
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Charles Winslow
6-2
6-4
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jack Condon
6-0
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Harry Lind Kelsal Cornish Bowden Walcott
6-0
6-1
6-1
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
C. Vincent
6-1
6-3
6-2
Final
Jack Condon 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-8
7-5
4-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Jack Condon 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-8
7-5
4-6
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
Lewis Robert Colloryan Michell
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
8-6
2-6
4-6
12-10
6-4
Round 4
Louis Raymond 1 *
Patrick Wheatley
7-5
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Watson McLean (Watty) Washburn
6-0
7-5
17-15
Semifinals
Jean Borotra 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Jim Willard 1 *
Louis Raymond
2-6
6-4
6-4
2-6
6-4
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
M.J. Connor
6-3
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Reginald Frederick Le Sueur
9-7
4-6
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil Roberts Blackbeard
6-1
6-2
6-2
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
George Dodd
6-4
6-0
3-6
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-3
6-3
Final
Patrick Spence 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-2
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Sydney Jacob
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
Willem Christiaan George Roldanus
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer
6-3
6-3
7-9
6-4
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
6-2
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
J. Fraser
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Guy Eaglestone
6-1
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
George Dodd
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-4
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jack Condon
6-3
7-5
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil Roberts Blackbeard
?
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Louis Raymond
7-5
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Louis Flavien Lezard
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
H. Hatton
6-4
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Ivor John (Ivie) Richardson
7-5
3-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
George Dodd
6-3
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Lionel Tapscott
6-3
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil Roberts Blackbeard
6-3
6-1
9-7
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Marchant Starr Davies
6-3
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
E.L. Tandy
6-2
6-3
3-6
6-1
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Bertram Harold Floquet
6-1
6-2
6-3
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Patrick Spence
6-4
6-0
10-8
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
Basil Everard Adrian Henty
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 2
William Laurentz 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-4
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Maurice Van den Bemden
7-5
6-1
4-6
6-1
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
3-6
6-2
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Sune Malmstrom
6-3
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Oswald Graham Noel Turnbull
2-6
1-6
6-2
6-2
6-1
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Ichiya Kumagae
5-7
6-4
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Reginald Frederick Le Sueur
6-3
1-6
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Lionel Tapscott
6-1
3-6
6-0
4-6
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Louis Raymond
1-6
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
Maurice Cousin
4-6
6-2
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Oswald Graham Noel Turnbull
4-6
6-4
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Erik Tegner 1 *
Louis Raymond
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
T.D. Green
6-4
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Charles Winslow
6-3
3-6
10-12
6-4
6-1
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Ivor John (Ivie) Richardson
6-4
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
George Dodd 1 *
Louis Raymond
?
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
A.J. McMillan
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
6-4
5-7
6-2
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Louis Raymond
7-5
4-6
0-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
A.L. Dix Perkin
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
10-8
6-2
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Louis Raymond
3-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Alfred Vincent Putney Burr
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
George Dodd
6-0
7-5
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil Roberts Blackbeard
4-6
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
George Cartwright
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Percy Vivian Joseph Tabbush
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-3
9-7
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Dan Hanbury
6-1
6-3
Final
Charles Winslow 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-4
6-8
10-8
Quarterfinals
Dick Williams jr 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-3
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
George S. Fletcher
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Charles Winslow
7-5
4-6
7-5
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
6-0
6-4
Poule
Algernon Kingscote 1 *
Louis Raymond
1-6
6-0
6-4
6-1
Poule
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Louis Raymond
1-6
7-5
2-6
8-6
6-1
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
S. Glen Walker
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Dean Mathey 1 *
Louis Raymond
3-6
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Louis Raymond 1 *
J.D. Hall
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Louis Raymond 1 *
Alfred Warburton Davson
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Louis Raymond 1 *
Francis Wordsworth (Frank) Donisthorpe
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 4
Louis Raymond 1 *
Arthur Clifford Wiswell
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Francis Riou Leighton-Crawford
4-6
6-3
6-1
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
7-5
2-6
8-6
6-1
Final
Pat O'Hara Wood 1 *
Louis Raymond
6-4
6-0
2-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
David Henry Mellett
6-1
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Louis Raymond 1 *
Bertram Harold Floquet
6-4
6-4
6-2
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Brian Norton
6-2
6-1
6-2
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
6-4
8-6