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Edward Dewhurst

tennis player
Full name: Edward Bury Dewhurst
Nickname: Teddy
Alias: Edward Bury Dewhurst Dr.
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Bio He was born as one of the three sons of Arthur Dewhurst and Emma Owen in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia in 1870. In 1893, he started playing as the member of the New South Wales team against Victoria in the Intercolonial competition and became a formidable player in a short period of time. In 1895, he defeated Benjamin Green (Victoria) who had been undefeated in 12 Intercolonial tournaments until that time.

Dewhurst was very successful in the Doubles Championships which he won in 1898 and in 1900. He also won the Strathfield NSW Metropolitan Championships, singles in 1895 and doubles in 1895, 1897 and 1902.

In 1903, Dewhurst arrived at the United States of America where he undertook a course in dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Dentistry. Representing University of Pennsylvania, Dewhurst reached the final at the Intercollegiate Championship 3 consecutive years (he won the Singles title in 1903, came runner-up in 1904 and regained the title in 1905). Along with Henry Bartol Register, he won the Doubles title in 1905 as well. Dewhurst was team captain in those years. In addition, he also won the Pennsylvania State Championships 1904, 1905, 1908 and Maryland State Championships in 1906 and 1907. In 1906 he was ranked in the USA top 10 at Number 9.
Dewhurst was highly regarded on the subject of tennis techniques and strategies. In 1910, he published a book titled “The Science of Lawn Tennis” and participated in providing comments for the quite famous book “Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis” published in 1915.

He was also quoted in US papers providing specialist commentary regarding the Australian Davis Cup Teams progressing to the Challenge rounds, often against the US.

According to the New York Times in 1910, Dewhurst was forced out of the top ranks due some form of blood posioning disease.
He was inducted into the University of Pennsylavnia Tennis Hall of Fame along with two other well known tennis players Wallace Ford Johnson and William Tatem “Big Bill” Tilden.
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