John Deykin
Full nameJohn Redfern Deykin
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1861-07-27)27 July 1861
Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England
Died30 March 1899(1899-03-30) (aged 31)
King's Norton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Turned pro1881 (amateur)
Retired1894
Singles
Career titles11
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1884)

John Redfern Deykin born (27 July 1867 – 30 March 1899) also known as Redfern Deykin or J.R. Deykin was an English tennis player of the late 19th century. In 1884 competed at both the Irish Championships and Wimbledon Championships,[1] then considered two of the most important major tennis events.[2][3][4] He was active from 1881 until 1894 and contested 24 career singles finals, and won 11 titles.

Career

Deykin played his first tennis event in at the 1881 Oxford University Champion Tournament (whilst studying there) losing in the first round. In 1882 he reached the final of the Edgbaston Open Tournament losing to Robert Braddell. In 1884 he played at the Midland Counties Championships and reached the final losing to Walter William Chamberlain in three sets. In June 1886 he played and won his first title at the Leamington Open Tournament Harry Brain. He then played at the Leicester Open Lawn Tennis Tournament progressing to the final, before losing to Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross in four sets. In 1887 he then played at the Midland Counties Championships for the second time where he won that title for the first time against Frank Noon in straight sets.[5]

In 1888 he competed at the Warwickshire Championships, and made it to the final before losing to Charles Ross. He then played at the Teignmouth and Shaldon Open reaching another final, before losing to Herbert Chipp in four sets. This year he reached a third consecutive final at the Midland Counties Championships against Harry Stanley Scrivener, but was beaten in straight sets.

In 1889 Deykin would play at seven events this year winning three titles and losing three finals. At the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament he won that title against Ireland's William Drumond Hamilton. At the Waterloo Tournament in Liverpool he was a losing finalist to James Baldwin. Playing at the Edgbaston Open Tournament he reached the final again, but lost to James Baldwin. He collected a second Midland Counties title against Harold Weston Carlton in a close five set match.[6] He then played the Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament, but lost in the final to one of the top players in the world at that time Ernest Wool Lewis. Deykin also reached the Staffordshire Tennis Tournament final for the second time before losing to Irishman Grainger Chaytor.

In 1890 Deykin entered seven tournaments this year, winning two titles. He retained his title at the Waterloo Tournament against William Parkfield Wethered, he retained his Midland Counties title defeating Henry Guy Nadin by three sets to one.[7] In 1891 he played at six events that year, he did not win any titles, but was a losing finalist at the Edgbaston Open against R.A. Bennett. He also failed to retain his Waterloo title in Liverpool losing to Jacob Gaitskell Brown. In 1892 he reached the semi-finals of the Burton-on-Trent Open. In 1894 Dekin played his last tournament at the Midland Counties Championships, and was a losing finalist that year to R.A. Bennett.[8]

John died on 30 March 1899 at the age of 37 the organisers of the Midland Counties tournament named the silverware awarded to winners of the gentleman's singles handicap event the 'The Deykin Memorial Challenge Cup',[9] to be played for the following year.[10]

Education

Deykin attended Pembroke College at the University of Oxford in 1880.[11]

Family

He was the son of James Deykin,[12] and nephew of William Redfern Deykin of the company Deykin & Sons. One of John's younger sister's Ann Ethel Deykin (5 September 1872 – 25 November 1959) was also a tennis player.

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Redfern Deykin". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
  3. ↑ Meyers, A. Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons. p. 55.
  4. ↑ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781134445578.
  5. ↑ "LAWN TENNIS NOTES: J. R. Deykin became the holder of the Midland Counties Championship for the third time and the second year in succession". Sheffield Independent. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 July 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Sheffield Independent (1890) p.6.
  7. ↑ Sheffield Independent (1890) p.6.
  8. ↑ "Lawn Tennis: Midland Counties". The Field. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 4 August 1894. p. 64. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Midland Counties Honours:The organisers at the Edbaston Club in remeberence of the valuable services of the late Mr. J. R. Deykin, in connection with the Midland Counties Lawn Tennis Tournament, they have decided to open a fund for the purpose of providing a silver Challenge Cup to be called The Deykin Memorial Challenge Cup, to be played for next year and presented to the winners of the gentleman's handicap singles event". Sporting Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 26.
  10. ↑ Sport and Athletics in 1908: An Annual Register Including the Results of the Year 1908 (to November) of All the Important Events in Athletics, Games, and Every Form of Sport in the United Kingdom, Together with the Winners, Records, and Notable Achievements of Past Years ; Also a Full List of Results in the Olympic Games. London: Chapman & Hall. 1908. p. 305.
  11. ↑ Foster, Joseph. Deykin, John Redfern. Wikisource. Retrieved 11 May 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ Oxford, University of (1888). Abbay-Dyson. London: Parker and Company. p. 367.
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