George Caridia

George Caridia
	George Aristides Caridia, English tennis player, making a backhand (before 1908)
Full name	George Aristides Caridia
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	20 February 1869; Calcutta, India
Died	21 April 1937 (aged 68); London, England
Singles
Career record	126-60 (67.7%)
Career titles	12
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	SF (1903)
Other tournaments
WHCC	1R (1912)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1904)
Other doubles tournaments
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis

George Aristides Caridia (Greek: Γεώργιος Αριστείδης Καρυδιάς; 20 February 1869 – 21 April 1937) was a male tennis player from Great Britain and a two-time Olympic silver medalist.^[3]

Career[]

At the 1908 London Olympics Caridia won those medals in the men's singles and doubles (with George Simond) event (both were contested indoor). In both finals he lost to fellow British player Arthur Gore.^[4] Caridia reached the singles semifinals of Wimbledon in 1903 (losing in four sets to Major Ritchie) and the quarterfinals in 1904 and 1909.^[5]

Caridia was reportedly best on covered courts which suited his strong half-volley, he won the Welsh Covered Court Championships nine times between 1899 and 1909, playing at Craigside, Llandudno, Wales for 20 consecutive years.

Caridia later became a member of the committee of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Association. He died in 1937 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "George Caridia: Career match record". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL.
^ "Wimbledon players archive – George Caridia". Wimbledon. AELTC.
^ "George Caridia". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "George Caridia Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 443–444. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.