Manliffe Francis Goodbody (20 November 1868 – 24 March 1916) was an Irish

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and

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player.

Career

Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at

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, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry. He represented

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at football in 1889 and 1891. In 1894 he finished runner-up to defending champion

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at the U.S. National Championships in Newport, having earlier beaten

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and

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. Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in

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and

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. Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 London Championships at Queens Club in London by

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. He also won the North of Ireland Championships held at the Cliftonville Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club in

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three times in 1889, 1890 and 1893. In 1896 Goodbody won the singles title at the

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after defeating

in the final. The next year he lost the challenge round to George Greville in five sets. In April 1897 he won the

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in Paris after a straight-sets victory in the final against Frank Riseley. Goodbody died during the

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as a passenger aboard SS ''Sussex'' that was torpedoed by a German submarine in the

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on 24 March 1916. He married in 1904 and was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

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