Full name Ernest George Meers Wimbledon F (1888) Turned pro 1885 US Open SF (1889) Retired 1895 | Wimbledon SF (1895) Role Tennis Player Name Ernest Meers Highest ranking No. | |
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Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Died August 20, 1928, York, United Kingdom | ||
Ernest George Meers (1849 – 20 August 1928 in York) was an English tennis player, organist and gum merchant.
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Biography
Meers was born in Ashford, Kent. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Queen's College, Oxford and was later chairman and managing director of Watts Ltd, gummakers. He married Eliza Rose, daughter of Captain Henry Douglas-Hart of the Madras Army, who was assassinated while serving in India in 1858. They had three sons and two daughters who survived him.
Tennis career
Meers played at the Wimbledon Championships between 1890 and 1895, reaching the quarterfinals of the all-comers competition in 1894 and the semifinals in 1895. He reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1889 and won the British Covered Court Championships in 1892.
He was ranked World No. 5 for 1888 by Karoly Mazak.