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Frederick Plaskitt

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Frederick Plaskitt
Full nameFrederick James Wade Plaskitt
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1867-12-24)24 December 1867
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Died10 November 1926(1926-11-10) (aged 58) [1]
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Turned pro1892 (amateur tour)
Retired1905
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1900)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1903)

Frederick Plaskitt (24 December 1867 - 10 November 1926) was a British tennis player who played around the turn of the 20th century. He reached the men's singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1900 (he beat Oswald Milne and Robert Hough before losing to losing to Arthur Gore).[2] This was the only year he won a match in a Wimbledon singles career that lasted from 1896 to 1905. Plaskitt was author of the book Microscopic fresh water life.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ^ "The Championships 1900 – Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC.
  3. ^ Plaskitt, F. J. W. (17 September 2017). "Microscopic Fresh Water Life". Chapman And Hall Limited. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via Internet Archive.