Xenophon Emmanuel Kasdaglis, or ''Xenophon Casdagli'', (

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: Ξενοφών Εμμανουήλ Κάσδαγλης; 27 February 1880 – 2 May 1943) was an Egyptiote

– later a British citizen –

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player.Genealogical data for Xenophon Kasdaglis
on ''agelastos.com'', genealogical website of his wife's family He competed in the

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Career

Olympic games

Kasdaglis participated in all three tennis events (singles, doubles and mixed doubles) at the 1906 Intercalated Games. In the singles he had a bye in the first round and lost to eventual Gold medal winner

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of France. In the men's doubles tournament, Kasdaglis paired with

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and won the Silver medal after they were defeated in the final by the French team of

and

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. In the mixed doubles he partnered

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. They had a bye in the first round; and in the semifinals, they defeated compatriots

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and

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in straight sets. In the final, the French couple

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and

proved too strong. Kasdaglis and Matsa were awarded the bronze medal, whilst the Silver medal was awarded to their semifinal opponents Simirioti/Zarifis.

National championships

During his studies in Paris, Kasdaglis participated in the

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, where he won the men's doubles final in 1898 aside Marcel Vacherot. Back in England he was a finalist in the singles event of the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships in 1903 and 1907. In 1908, Kasdaglis won the All-England mixed doubles title with Charlotte Cooper and defended his title in 1909 with

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. He competed in singles and doubles events at the

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. In the singles event, he won the first round match against E.W. Timmis but lost in the second round in straight sets to

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. In the doubles event, he partnered

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and reached the semifinal, in which the eventual champions

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and

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proved too strong. His second and last Wimbledon participation was at the 1922 Championships, where he played in the doubles and mixed doubles events and reached the second round in both. He is the brother of tennis player Dimitrios Kasdaglis, participant in both 1896 Olympic and 1906 Intercalated games.

Personal life

Kasdaglis married Lucia Agelastos in 1908 and became father of a son (1910) and a daughter (1911). In 1943, he died from complications after a minor surgery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasdaglis, Xenophon 19th-century Greek people 19th-century male tennis players Greek male tennis players British people of Greek descent Olympic tennis players for Greece Olympic silver medalists for Greece Tennis players at the 1906 Intercalated Games 1880 births 1943 deaths Olympic medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Alexandria Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Egyptian emigrants to the United Kingdom