Captain Ernest Douglas Black (14 June 1876 – 13 February 1931) was a British

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player active in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Tennis career

Black reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

, losing to the only other competing British player, future three-time Wimbledon champion Arthur Gore. He competed in the very first edition of the

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(then known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge) in

.Gillmeister, Heiner (1990)
''Tennis: A Cultural History''
p. 215. He immigrated to Canada and was the Nova Scotia champion.

Later life

Black, the son of Scottish parents, worked as an engineer. He served in the

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in the First World War. In 1917, he married Mary Agnes Cayzer, daughter of

Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet Sir Charles William Cayzer, 1st Baronet (15 July 1843 – 28 September 1916) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. Biography Born in Limehouse, a maritime district of the East End of London, Cayzer was the son of Charle ...

and sister of

Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick Deputy Lieutenant, DL (23 July 1881 – 16 March 1958), known as Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet, from 1924 to 1939, was a British shipping magnate and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party pol ...

. He died in 1931 in

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* * * 1876 births 1931 deaths Scottish male tennis players British male tennis players British emigrants to Canada {{UK-tennis-bio-stub