Full name Frank Lorymer Riseley Wimbledon F (1903, 1904, 1906) Wimbledon 2R (1919) Role Tennis player | Wimbledon W (1902, 1906) Name Frank Riseley Highest ranking No. | |
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Born 6 July 1877Clifton, Bristol, UK ( 1877-07-06 ) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Died February 6, 1959, Torquay, United Kingdom | ||
Frank Lorymer Riseley (born 6 July 1877 – 6 February 1959) was a British tennis player.
Career
Riseley won the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Doubles title twice, in 1902 and 1906, partnering with Sydney Smith. He lost the singles finals three times against Laurence Doherty in 1903, 1904 and 1906.
He played for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in 1904 against Belgium and won both his singles matches. His second and last Davis Cup appearance came 18 years later, in 1922, when he won the doubles match partnering with Algernon Kingscote.
Riseley won the 1902 edition of the Scottish Championships, held in Moffat, and the Irish Championships in 1906. In June 1906 he won the singles event at the short-lived Championships of Europe tournament, held in Leicester that year. In the final he was leading the Irishman George Ball-Greene, 4–6, 6–1, 5–1 when the latter retired.