Herbert Knox
McKay
Male
Ireland
1865-00-00
County Meath, Ireland
1953-09-06
New Forest, Hampshire, England
Herbert McKay attended Dublin University (Trinity College, Dublin), where he won the men’s singles title at the Dublin University Lawn Tennis Championships in 1891. He later variously worked as a solicitor and a journalist. He married Sidney Prendergast Gordon on 26 September 1896 in Saint Peter’s Church in Dublin. They had one child together, a daughter also called Sidney (b. 1908). In later life the family lived in the county of Hampshire in England.
1883 - 1891
4
35
25
1891 - County Dublin Championships (Amateur)
1885 - Fitzwilliam Club Championships (Amateur)
1885 - Fitzwilliam Plate (Amateur)
1883 - South Berkshire (Amateur)
Round 2
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Herbert Newcombe Craig
7-5
3-6
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
6-0
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Richard Joseph Hornidge
6-0
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
G. Head
6-3
8-6
ret.
Semifinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
William Drummond Hamilton
6-1
6-4
7-5
Final
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-2
2-6
6-2
7-9
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
3-6
6-4
0-6
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
7-5
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
George Stanley
2-6
6-3
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Charles Henry Chaytor
6-1
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-3
8-6
3-6
4-6
6-3
Final
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
6-2
2-6
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
F.S.C. Ruthven 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
w.o.
Round 2
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
6-1
6-2
8-10
7-5
Round 1
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
W. Jones
6-1
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
*
Unknown
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Eyre Chatterton
?
Challenge Round
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
3
sets
to
1
Round 2
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Francis Woodcock Perry
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Robert Shaw Templer
6-1
3-6
7-5
Semifinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
John Charles Kay
6-3
2-6
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
J.Butler Robinson
w.o.
Final
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-3
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Robert Shaw Templer
6-0
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Frederick Foster McClintock
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
James Dwight
6-3
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Willoughby James Hamilton
6-2
7-5
6-8
6-4
Semifinals
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
W. Jones
6-1
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Eyre Chatterton
?
Semifinals
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion 1 *
Herbert Knox McKay
?
Round 1
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
E.F. Newman
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Henry Knox
6-5
6-1
Final
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
Alfred Vansittart Frere
6-4
6-2