Full name Frederick William Payn Name Frederick Payn Country (sports) United Kingdom Role Tennis Player | Wimbledon QF (1900, 1902) Died 1908, Caucasus Wimbledon 1R (1900) | |
Frederick William Payn (16 September 1872 – 1908) was a British amateur tennis player at the turn of the 20th century. He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1900 and 1902 and the finals of the German International Championships in 1901.
He attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple as a solicitor in 1899.
In addition to legal writings, Payn was also authored the tennis books Tennis Topics and Tactics (1904), Secrets of Lawn Tennis (1906). and Lifting the Veil (1907).
He died in Baku, Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan), in 1908.
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