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Peter Aungier
Country (sports) Ireland
Bornc. 1855
Liverpool, England
Died11 May 1914
Farnham, Surrey, England
Turned pro1879 (amateur)
Retired1884
Singles
Career record26–9[1]
Career titles5[1]

Peter Aungier.[2] (1855 - 11 May 1914) was a Irish lawn tennis player. In three of the major tournaments of the late 19th century he was a singles quarter finalist at the Northern Championships in 1883, a all-comers finalist at the Irish Championships in 1882, and a finalist at the Princes Club Championships in 1882. He was active from 1879 to 1984 and won 5 career singles titles.[1] He won the Irish Championships men's doubles with Ernest Browne in 1882.

Career

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The person most likely to have been the early Irish lawn tennis player Peter Aungier was born during the first quarter of 1855 in the English port city of Liverpool.[1] He was the ninth of the ten children of Mark Aungier (1806-70) and Margaret Aungier (née Curtis; 1831-71).[1]

His most notable major achievements came in the men’s doubles event at the first Irish Championships in Dublin where he, always with an Irish partner, was runner-up in 1879 with Charles David Barry, 1883 with Ernest Browne, the same year he was a finalist in the mixed doubles with then 16 year old Lena Rice.[3]

In 1882, Peter Aungier and Ernest Browne had won the men’s doubles title at the Irish Championships, defeating in the final match the notable English twins William Renshaw and Ernest Renshaw.[1] His won first singles title came in 1881 at the County Kildare Closed Tournament,[1] In 1882 he won the open County Kildare Championship,[4] and would go on to win it a further two times in 1883 and 1884.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Players:Aungier, Peter". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ Dillon, Niamh (30 June 2018). "True story of the Tipperary tennis star who was the first Irish women to win at Wimbledon". www.tipperarylive.ie. Dublin, Ireland: Iconic Media. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ Dillon
  4. ^ "CO. KILDARE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. Dublin, Ireland: newspapers.com. 29 July 1882. p. 7. Retrieved 6 April 2024.