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Alan Coldham

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Alan Coldham
Full nameHarold Alan Ernest "Tiny" Coldham[1]
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1906-07-28)28 July 1906[1]
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died1 December 1996(1996-12-01) (aged 90)[2][3]
London, United Kingdom
Turned pro1925 (amateur tour)
Retired1948
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1927)
Wimbledon2R (1936, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1930)
Wimbledon2R (1937, 1946, 1947)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1949)

Alan Coldham (1906–1996) was an Australian tennis player who later settled in England. He also played golf.

Coldham was national junior tennis champion of Australia in 1924 and 1925.[4] He first entered the Australasian championships in 1925, when he lost in round one to Rice Gemmell.[5][6] In 1926 he lost early to Pat O'Hara Wood, but gained his revenge on O'Hara Wood the following year by beating the twice former champion. It was a match that contained many good rallies. Coldham went for his shots and often came to the net to finish off points and ran O'Hara Wood all over the court.[7] Coldham lost in the quarter-finals to Jack Hawkes.[8] In 1930 Coldham beat Hawkes (who hadn't played much before the event and was out of condition)[9] but lost in round three to Jack Clemenger.[10]

In the 1930s, Coldham settled in England.[1] He married Eileen Eveleigh-de Moleyns (daughter of Hon. John Eveleigh-de Moleyns) in 1939 and they lived in Osterley, London.[11] Coldham made his debut at Wimbledon in 1936, losing in round two to Josef Caska.[12] In 1937 he lost in round two to Andre Lacroix and in 1938 he lost in round one to Owen Anderson. In 1939 he lost in the Wimbledon second round to Alejo Russell.[12] He lost in round two in 1946 and round one in 1947. He made his last appearance in 1948, losing in round two to Cyril Kemp.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Coldham Family Genealogy". coldham.net. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Person details for Harold Alan Coldham". familysearch.org.
  3. ^ "Harold Alan Coldham - Ancestry". ancestry.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Von Cramm for Australia". The Sun. Sydney. 19 June 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Australian Open 1925". tennis.co.nf.
  6. ^ "Championships Play in Sydney". The Brisbane Courier. 26 January 1925. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Juniors' day out". The Register. Adelaide. 27 January 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Australian Open 1927". tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. ^ "21 Jan 1930 - Lawn Tennis". Trove.
  10. ^ "Australian Open 1930". tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  12. ^ a b c "Wimbledon player profile – Alan 'Tiny' Coldham". AELTC.


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