Theodore Mavrogordato

Theodore Michel Mavrogordato (31 July 1883 – 24 August 1941) was a tennis player from Great Britain who was active during the first decades of the 20th century. Career Mavrogordato represented Oxford University in the 1904 and 1905 Oxford v. Cambridge matches. He played his first Wimbledon singles' competition in 1904 and lost in the first round to Frederick Payn. In 1907 he reached the final of the All England Plate but was beaten by George Hillyard in two straight sets. His best achievement in the Wimbledon singles event was reaching the semi-final of the All-Comers tournament on three occasions. The first time was in 1909 when he lost in four sets to Major Ritchie. His second semi-final appearance came in 1914 and this time he lost in straight sets to German Otto Froitzheim. His last semi-final came in 1920, eleven years after the first, after defeating two–time U.S. Championship winner R. Norris Williams in the quarterfinal. This time Japanese Zenzo Shimizu proved too strong. Over the following years he would make regular appearances at Wimbledon until his final participation in 1928. He participated in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm and played in the indoor tournament. In the mixed doubles event he reached the second round with his partner, and future wife, Mabel Parton. In the singles and men's doubles event he lost in the first round.