Peter Aungier. (1855 - 11 May 1914) was an Irish lawn

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player. In three of the major tournaments of the late 19th century, he was a singles quarter finalist at the

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in 1883, an 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. He won the Irish Championships men's doubles with Ernest Browne in 1882.

Career

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. He was the ninth of the ten children of Mark Aungier (1806–70) and Margaret Aungier (née Curtis; 1831–71). He was a member of the

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, Dublin. 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

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, the same year he was a finalist in the mixed doubles with then 16 year old

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. In 1882, Peter Aungier and

had won the men's doubles title at the Irish Championships, defeating in the final match the notable English twins

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and

Ernest Renshaw Ernest James Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 2 September 1899) was a British tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, Ernest won the men's doubles at Wimbledon five times. He also won t ...

. His won first singles title came in 1881 at the County Kildare Closed Tournament, In 1882 he won the open County Kildare Championship, and would go on to win it a further two times in 1883 and 1884.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aungier, Peter 1855 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Irish sportsmen 19th-century male tennis players Irish male tennis players