John Frederick
Stokes
Male
Ireland
1876-07-07
Dublin, Ireland
1937-07-02
Dublin, Ireland
John Frederick Stokes was born on 7 July 1876 in All Saints’ Vicarage, Newtownpark, Blackrock, County Dublin. He was the second of the four children – two sons and two daugthers – of the Reverend George Thomas Stokes (1843-98), a clerk in holy ordres and ecclesiatical historian, and his first wife, Frances Stokes (née Pusey; 1843-80), who was originally from England.
Frances Stokes died in late January 1880, three weeks after the birth of her daughter, Fanny Eileen Maude Stokes. John Stokes was only three years old at the time of his mother’s death. In July 1883, Reverend George Stokes married, as his second wife, Katherine Isabella Dudgeon (c. 1854-1938), with whom he had one child, a son called Henry James Dudgeon Stokes.
John Stokes was one of Ireland’s top lawn tennis players for more than two decades. He excelled at doubles, notably winning the men’s doubles title at the Irish Championships eight times: in 1904 (w. Frederick Payn), 1905 (w. Alexander H. Porter), from 1909 to 1912 (w. Jame C. Parke), in 1919 (w. Simon Scroope) and in 1921 (w. Cecil Campbell). He also won the mixed doubles event at the same tournament twice: in 1908 (w. Edith Boucher) and in 1911 (w. Orea Moustaka Beatty).
John Stokes was a stockbroker by profession. On 26 April 1912, he married Eva Jane Wilson, daughter of William Henry Wilson of Carrickmines, County Dublin, in Tullow Parish Church, Tullow, County Carlow. A daughter, Pamela Stokes, was born of the marriage. John Stokes died in Dublin 2 July 1937, five days before what would have been his 61st birthday. Eva Stokes died in Dublin in May 1955.
1897 - 1924
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1911 - Fitzwilliam Club Championships (Amateur)
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
W.H. Gardiner
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 3
F.K. Patterson 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
1-6
6-3
8-6
3-6
6-3
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
T.V. Murphy
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Benjamin (Ben) Haughton 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
2-6
6-4
6-4
5-7
8-6
Round 1
Edward Darcy McCrea 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
2-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
bye
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
C.J. O’Neill
w.o.
Round 3
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Major Dudley
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Louis Meldon 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
2-6
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
D.A. Orchard
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
F.P. Down
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
George Caridia 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
P.D. Matthews
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
C.J. O'Reilly
6-2
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 3
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Arthur Keith Hodges
6-2
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Manning Gilbert 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
1-6
6-4
8-6
6-4
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
T. Twigg
w.o.
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Edward Stuart Hornidge
6-4
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Cuthbert Francis Montague
6-2
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Cecil John Tindell-Green 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
7-5
6-3
6-4
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
J.B. Bernard
1-6
6-2
5-7
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Robert Malcolm Graham 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
9-7
4-6
6-4
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
William Frederick Martin
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Alexander Weldon Molony 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Alexander Weldon Molony
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Thomas Douglas Good 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-3
6-2
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Clunie Saint Clair Miller
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Norman Melland
6-4
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
9-7
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Henry William Paul Scroope
8-10
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Thomas Douglas Good
6-1
2-6
6-3
Final
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Simon Frederick Scroope
5-7
6-2
0-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
R.D. Nolan
w.o.
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Henry Marvelle (Harry) Read
8-10
6-4
9-7
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alfred Beamish 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
7-5
6-2
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Ormond Cyril Wrigley
6-2
6-2
3-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Xenophon Casdagli (Kasdaglis) 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
11-9
6-3
12-10
Round 1
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-3
Poule
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Hans Fitting
6-1
6-3
Poule
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Heinrich Kleinschroth
2-6
7-5
6-2
Poule
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Rudolf O. Schindler
6-3
6-4
Poule
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Robert Kleinschroth
6-4
7-5
4-6
6-3
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
B. Crompton Wood
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-3
6-3
1-6
6-4
Round 2
L.W. Flinn 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
w.o.
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Charles Graham Adamson
6-1
6-2
5-7
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-0
6-1
ret.
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-0
6-3
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
J. Jenkinson
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Henry Johnston Carson 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-8
6-2
6-4
Round 1
G. Desborough 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Val Miley 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
9-7
6-4
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Val Miley
6-1
3-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Ernest Stuart Cameron
6-4
9-7
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Walter Carey
6-1
8-6
8-6
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
7-5
7-5
6-0
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Claude Gouldesborough
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
A.J. Wickwar
6-2
6-2
Round 3
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Ambrose Dudley
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Edgar Robert Ernest Geddes
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Arthur Wallis Myers
6-1
6-2
Final
Walter Cecil Crawley 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 1
N.O. Vice 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
w.o.
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Arthur Short
4-6
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Francis Temple Stohwasser
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Henry James Wilson Fosbery 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
1-6
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Ernest George Parton
8-6
6-3
Round 3
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
E.A. Parsons
4-1
4-1
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Douglas Kitching
4-2
ret.
Semifinals
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
4-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Graham Adamson 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-3
1-6
7-5
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
W. Ryan
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Walter Carey
6-1
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
3-6
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Thomas Douglas Good 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Captain G.M. Davidge
6-3
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Thomas Douglas Good 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Frederick A. L'Estrange Burgess 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
5-7
6-4
6-1
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Harold Gaye Michelmore
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
J.S. Talbot
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
w.o.
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Thomas Douglas Good 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
3-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
C.T. Stewart
9-7
1-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Riseley 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
F.H. Morris
6-1
7-5
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Clunie Saint Clair Miller
6-1
1-6
6-2
Round 3
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
C.H. Oliverson
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-3
ret.
Semifinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
F. Thompson
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
H. Newcombe
6-4
6-8
6-4
Semifinals
Alexander Horsbrugh Porter 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
4-6
6-0
Round 1
A.N. Other 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
w.o.
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
William Stewart Drapes
6-3
6-4
14-12
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
W.H. Graham
6-2
6-3
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-1
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Alan Cecil Gemmell
6-4
9-11
6-2
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Charles Tuckey
4-6
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Sidney Hillier
6-2
11-13
ret.
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Reginald Speke Barnes 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-4
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Sidney George Hough
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
A.D. Moore
6-2
7-5
Final
Herbert Newcombe Craig 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Walter Carey
6-2
6-2
10-8
Quarterfinals
Hugh Matthew Sweetman 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
5-7
6-2
5-7
6-4
6-3
Round 1
R.A. Bailey 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
4-2
4-1
Round 2
John Mycroft Boucher 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-0
6-2
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Walter Carey
6-4
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Henry Probasco Wherry 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Robert Manning Gilbert 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
C.A. Rastall
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
William Saint George Frederick Perrott 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
J.S. Matterson
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
J. Staples 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
5-7
6-1
6-3
Round 1
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
David Davy
6-0
5-7
4-0
ret.
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
4-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Martin John Earp
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
C.R. Hemingway
w.o.
Semifinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Reuben Gay Hunt 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
9-7
6-4
6-3