Randolph Lycett

Full name	Randolph Lycett
Country (sports)	Australia  United Kingdom
Born	(1886-08-27)27 August 1886 Birmingham, England
Died	9 February 1935(1935-02-09) (aged 48)[1] Jersey, United Kingdom
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1905 (amateur tour)
Retired	1929
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	185–68 (73.1%)[2]
Career titles	16[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1905)
Wimbledon	F (1922)
US Open	2R (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1905, 1911)
Wimbledon	W (1921, 1922, 1923)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1919, 1921, 1923)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (1921)

Randolph Lycett (27 August 1886 – 9 February 1935) was a Britishtennis player. Lycett is primarily known for his success in doubles, winning 5 men's doubles and 3 mixed doubles slams. He was also the runner-up at the1922 Wimbledon men's singles (where he lost toGerald Patterson).^[3]

Lycett was recognised as one of the dominant players in men's doubles.^[4] He was the champion at both theAustralasian Championships andWimbledon multiple times. In April 1924 he won the singles title at the inauguralBritish Hard Court Championships in Torquay defeatingChristiaan van Lennep in the final in four sets.^[5] He played in three ties for the BritishDavis Cup team in 1921 and 1923 and compiled a record of six wins and three losses.

His cousin was the operaticsopranoMiriam Licette.

In the 1921 Wimbledon Quarter Final, Randolph Lycett playedZenzo Shimizu on a very hot day. During the third set, Lycett was revived with gin each time Ends were changed. In the Fifth Set, he ordered a bottle of champagne, and was drinking it when the Umpire announced "Shimizu leads by nine games to eight in the Final Set". Lycett dropped his racket, and began to search for it on his hands and knees.^{[citation needed]}

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	Gerald Patterson	3–6, 4–6, 2–6	[6]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1905	Australasian Championships	Grass	Tom Tachell	Edgar T. Barnard Basil Spence	11–9, 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 6–1	[7]
Win	1911	Australasian Championships	Grass	Rodney Heath	John Addison Norman Brookes	6–2, 7–5, 6–0	[8]
Loss	1919	Wimbledon	Grass	Rodney Heath	Pat O'Hara Wood Ronald Thomas	4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6	[9]
Win	1921	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Woosnam	Arthur Lowe Gordon Lowe	6–3, 6–0, 7–5	[9]
Win	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	James Anderson	Pat O'Hara Wood Gerald Patterson	3–6, 7–9, 6–4, 6–3, 11–9	[9]
Win	1923	Wimbledon	Grass	Leslie Godfree	Eduardo Flaquer Manuel de Gomar	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	[9]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1919	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Dorothea Lambert Chambers Albert Prebble	6–0, 6–0	[10]
Loss	1920	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Suzanne Lenglen Gerald Patterson	7–5, 6–3	[10]
Win	1921	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Phyllis Howkins Max Woosnam	6–3, 6–1	[10]
Loss	1922	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Suzanne Lenglen Pat O'Hara Wood	6–4, 6–3	[10]
Win	1923	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Ryan	Dorothy Shepherd Barron Lewis Deane	6–4, 7–5	[10]

• Randolph Lycett at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Randolph Lycett at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Randolph Lycett at theDavis Cup (archived)

• Australasian Championships (tennis) champions
• English male tennis players
• British male tennis players
• Tennis players from Birmingham, West Midlands
• Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
• 1886 births
• 1935 deaths
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
• Tennis players from the West Midlands (county)
• 20th-century English sportsmen

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