Archdale Palmer

Archdale Palmer
Full name	Archdale Palmer
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	1865 ; Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
Died	9 February 1950 (aged 84) ; Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
Turned pro	1889 (amateur tour)
Retired	1907
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	SF (1893)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1892, 1893)

Archdale Palmer (1865–1950) was a British tennis player in the early years of Wimbledon. Palmer became Secretary of the All England Lawn Tennis Club in 1899 and was appointed managing director of Slazenger in 1905.^[3] His position at Slazenger was considered a conflict of interest by the A.E.L.T. C. (Slazenger manufactured the balls used at Wimbledon). Palmer resigned as Secretary in 1906.^[4] Palmer lost his opening match at Wimbledon 1892 to Harry Barlow. He reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 1893, losing to Harold Mahony.^[5] In 1894 he lost his opening match at Wimbledon to Herbert Baddeley. In 1893 Palmer won the Dinard men's singles title beating Arthur Gore in the Challenge Round in five sets.^[6] Palmer also played real tennis. He was Captain in the Essex Regiment in World War 1.^[7]

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^ "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
^ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=200360646:9341&d=bmd_1503998064
^ Farrell, Thomas (January 20, 2016). "Balls of fire: Slazenger". letslookagain.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
^ Lake, Robert J. (October 3, 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. ISBN 9781134445578. Retrieved September 17, 2017 – via Google Books.
^ "The Championships 1893 – Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC.
^ Archives, Tennis. "Archdale Palmer". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
^ Lake, Robert J. (October 3, 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. ISBN 9781134445578. Retrieved September 17, 2017 – via Google Books.

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[1] "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved September 17, 2017.

[2] ttps://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=200360646:9341&d=bmd_1503998064

[3] Farrell, Thomas (January 20, 2016). "Balls of fire: Slazenger". letslookagain.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.

[4] Lake, Robert J. (October 3, 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. ISBN 9781134445578. Retrieved September 17, 2017 – via Google Books.

[5] "The Championships 1893 – Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC.

[6] Archives, Tennis. "Archdale Palmer". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.

[7] Lake, Robert J. (October 3, 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. ISBN 9781134445578. Retrieved September 17, 2017 – via Google Books.

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