Harry Austin KITSON

South Africa
South Africa
TennisTennis
Olympic Medals
1G
1S
Games Participations2
First Olympic GamesLondon 1908
Year of Birth1874

Biography

Harry Kitson played tennis at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics, winning doubles gold in 1912 with Charles Winslow, and adding singles silver that year, losing to Winslow in the final. Kitson was South African singles champion in 1905, 1908, 1911, and 1913, and lost in the final to Tony Wilding in 1910. He played Wimbledon in 1905 and 1908, losing his first singles match both years. Kitson worked in the land deeds department of Rand Mines. He served with the Cape Mounted Rifles during the Anglo-Boer War.

Olympic Results

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