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Charles Eames

Full name	Charles Gladstone Robert Eames
Country (sports)	GBR
Born	19 December 1860 New Cross, London, England
Died	2 February 1943 Battersea, London, England
Turned pro	1886 (amateur tour)
Retired	1908
Singles
Career record	67–17
Career titles	8
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (1888)

Charles Gladstone Robert Eames. (19 December 1860 – 2 February 1943) was an English tennis player who competed at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships. He was active from 1886 to 1908 and won 8 career singles titles.

Career

Eames was born on 19 December 1860 in New Cross, London, England. He played his first tournament in 1886 at the Gore Court Championships in Sittingbourne where he reached the semi-finals. He won his first singles title in 1887 at the Stevenage Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.

In 1888 he took part in first Wimbledon Championships where he was defeated in the second round by Ernest Wool Lewis in straight sets. In 1907 he won his final singles title at the Exmouth Open. He played his final tournament at the Isle of Wight Championships at Ryde in 1908. Eames played tennis for twelve seasons between 1886 and 1908 where he contested seventeen finals, and won eight singles titles. He died in Battersea, London, England on 2 February 1943.

Career finals

Notes: All Comers Finalist where indicated by (*).

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1887	Stevenage Open Lawn Tennis Tournament	Stevenage	Grass	W. Dunn	6–0 6–1
Winner	2.	1887	Rochester Open	Rochester	Grass	Dr. Harry T. Shapley	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1888	Kent LTC Championships	Charlton	Grass	Ernest George Meers	1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1888	Rochester Open (2)	Rochester	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1888	Acton Vale LTC Open	East Acton	Grass	Ernest George Meers	1–6, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	1888	Essex Championships	Chingford	Clay	F. O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1889	Kent LTC Championships	Charlton	Grass	Ernest George Meers	8–6, 8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	5.	1889	Leamington Open Tournament	Leamington Spa	Grass	Francis Seymour Noon	4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	1889	London Championships	West Kensington	Grass	Ernest George Meers	8–6, 8–6, 4–6, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	1889	Leicester Open	Leicester	Grass	William Drumond Hamilton	7–5, 1–6, 10–8, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1889	Nottinghamshire Championships	Nottingham	Grass	William Drumond Hamilton	5–7, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1889	Kent Championships *	Beckenham	Grass	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	5–7, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	1890	Connaught Hard Court Championships	Beckenham	Clay	Arthur Gore	6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	7.	1890	New York Tennis Club Open	New York City	Clay	Carman Randolph Runyon	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	1891	Essex Championships	Chingford	Clay	Arthur Gore	12–10, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	1905	Rochester Open	Rochester	Grass	Nigel George Davidson	7–9, 2–6
Winner	8.	1907	Exmouth Open	Exmouth	Grass	R.F.J. Harrison	6–2, 6–0

Family

His son Cyril Gladstone Eames born (1890) was also a tennis player.

References

1. ^ "Players: Eames, Charles Gladstone R.". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
2. "Player – Cyril Eames". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
3. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
4. "Cyril Eames (GBR) – Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
5. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

External links

• Free BMD Entry
• Wimbledon Official Player Profile.

• 1860 births
• 1943 deaths
• 19th-century English people
• 19th-century male tennis players
• English male tennis players
• British male tennis players
• People from New Cross
• Tennis players from the London Borough of Lewisham