Louis Bosman Raymond (28 June 1895 – 30 January 1962) was a male

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player from

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. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, he defeated Ichiya Kumagai in the finals to win the gold medal. He won the South African Championships six times; four consecutive titles from 1921 through 1924 as well as victories in 1930 and 1931. In 1924 he made it to the semifinal of the singles event at the

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, losing to eventual champion

Jean Borotra Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (, ; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the " Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle ...

in straight sets. In 1927 he reached the quarterfinal of the French Championship in which he was defeated by

Bill Tilden William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis player. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and was ranked as the world No. 1 professional b ...

. Between 1919 and 1931, Raymond played in ten ties for the South African Davis Cup team and has a record of ten wins and eleven losses. In Tilden's book, ''The Art of Lawn Tennis'', Raymond is described as a "hard working and deserving player" and someone who "attains success by industry rather than natural talent".Tilden, William T. ''The Art of Lawn Tennis.'' New York: George H. Doran, 1922.

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