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General First nameEdward Bury (Teddy)
LastnameDewhurst
GenderMale
CountryAustralia
Date of birth1870-04-07
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death1941-02-06
Place of deathPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Dewhurst

Edward Bury Dewhurst was born in Sydney, Australia in 1870, the son of Arthur Dewhurst and Emma Owen. At age 33, in 1903, he left Australia to study dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

Dewhurst became the singles Intercollegiate Champion for the University of Pennsylvania in 1903 and 1905 as well as doubles champion in 1905. In 1904 he was runner up in the singles. In 1904 he won the men’s doubles at the Niagara International tournament together with H.J. Holt when their opponents defaulted the match at two sets all due to darkness.

He won the singles title at the 1905 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships where he defeated the reigning champion of the previous two years, Wylie Grantin three straight sets: 6-3, 8-6, 6-4. The tournament was played on board courts at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York.

In 1906, Dewhurst won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with Sarah Coffin. The previous year, 1905, he had reached the final of this event, played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, with Elisabeth Moore but lost to Augusta Schultz and Clarence Hobart in straight sets.

Dewhurst retired from tennis in 1909 due to blood poisoning. He wrote a book called The Science of Lawn Tennis, which was published in 1910. In 1911, he married Ethel Voorhies (née Grannan). He became a U.S. citizen in 1924.

Edward B. Dewhurst died in Philadelphia of heart disease in 1941; he was 70 years old.

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