Harry Parker (tennis)

Harry Parker

Full name	Harry Alabaster Parker
Country (sports)	New Zealand
Born	6 May 1873 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	14 May 1961(1961-05-14) (aged 88) Balgowlah, Sydney, Australia
Turned pro	1894 (amateur tour)
Retired	1915
Singles
Career record	277-67 (80.52%)
Career titles	40
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1907, 1913)
Wimbledon	4R (1905)
US Open	4R (1918)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1907)
Wimbledon	F (1909)

Harry Alabaster Parker was a New Zealand tennis player. He was active from 1894 to 1915 and won 40 career singles titles.

Parker won the doubles title at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, alongside Bill Gregg in 1907. He also reached two singles finals at the Australasian Championships in 1907 and 1913, and two doubles finals in 1906 and 1913. ^[1] He reached the Wimbledon Championships doubles final, alongside Stanley Doust in 1909, and the quarter-finals alongside Anthony Wilding in 1905.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1907	Australasian Championships	Grass	Horace Rice	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1913	Australasian Championships	Grass	Ernie Parker	6–2, 1–6, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1906	Australasian Championships	Grass	C. Cox	Rodney Heath Anthony Wilding	2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1907	Australasian Championships	Grass	Bill Gregg	Horace Rice Gordon Wright	6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1909	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Stanley Doust	Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	6-2, 6–1, 6-4
Loss	1913	Australasian Championships	Grass	Ray Taylor	Ernie Parker Alf Hedeman	6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6

References

1. "History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific". australianopen.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.

External links

• Harry Parker at the Association of Tennis Professionals