Edward Dewhurst
Australian tennis player

Edward Dewhurst

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1 February 1941
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Edward "Teddy" Bury Dewhurst (1870 – 25 February 1941) was an Australian male tennis player.

Biography

Edward Bury Dewhurst was born in Tamworth, Australia in 1870. At age 33, circa 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 Tennis 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 Grant in 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 together with Sarah Coffin. The previous year, 1905, he had reached the finals 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.

Dewhurst published a book titled "The Science of Lawn Tennis" in 1910.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1905 U.S. Championships Grass United States Elisabeth Moore United States Augusta Schultz
United States Clarence Hobart
2–6, 4–6
Winner 1906 U.S. Championships Grass United States Sarah Coffin United States Margaret Johnson
United States J. B. Johnson
6–3, 7–5