Patrick Wheatley
Full name: John David Patrick Wheatley
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| Bio | He was an English tennis player who played at Wimbledon, in the Olympics and in the Davis Cup. Patrick Wheatley was born in Vryheid, Colony of Natal on January 1, 1899 and was educated at Bedford School. Between 1921 and 1933, he competed at Wimbledon on eleven separate occasions, reaching the fourth round in the Men's Singles in 1924 and 1926, reaching the quarterfinals in the men's doubles in 1924, and reaching the semifinals in the mixed in 1925. He represented Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics in both the Men's Singles and the Men's Doubles. He also represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup in 1926, playing in matches against Italy and Poland. Despite a long career that saw him playing beyond his 50th birthday. Patrick Wheatley had very little to show in terms of silverware for his longevity. Even so, he was one of Britain's best players in the 1920s and between 1923-26 was selected for the Great Britain Davis Cup team eight times and was only twice on the losing side. He won 10 of 14 rubbers played. Sadly, his appearance at the 1924 Olympics was not as impressive. He took part in the singles, and after a bye in the first round lost to Japan's (Masanosuke Fukuda) in straight sets. And in the doubles, with (Algy Kingscote) they lost in straight sets to the Spanish Alonso brothers, (José-Maria) and (Manuel). In 1923 Wheatley reached all three finals at the Queen's Club Covered Court Championships. He beat Ali Hassan Fyzee of India to win the singles in four sets after losing the first set 6-1. He then had to play another five setter in losing the doubles with Hamilton Price, later a Wimbledon referee, and he had to again go the distance in the mixed doubles but was once more runner-up, with Evelyn Colyer who, later in the year would become Wheatley's fiancée. In all he played 12 sets of tennis in one day. Wheatley died in London on November 5, 1967. |
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