Charles Walder Grinstead’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British tennis player
Was Athlete 
Tennis player 
From United Kingdom 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 1 December 1860, Teignmouth, United Kingdom
Death 16 March 1930, Hervey Bay, Australia
(aged 69 years)
Star sign Sagittarius
Education
Keble College

Charles Walder Grinstead (1 December 1860 – 16 March 1930) was an English champion tennis player. He reached the quarter finals at Wimbledon 1883. Grinstead reached the Wimbledon All Comers Final in 1884, where he beat Ernest Renshaw before losing to Herbert Lawford. Together with C. E. Weldon, Grinstead won the Oxford Men’s Doubles in 1883. In 1884, the Oxford Men’s Doubles event and its trophy were handed over to the All England Club to be known as the All England Men’s Doubles as part of the Wimbledon Championships; consequently winners of the Oxford events are included as Wimbledon champions. He was ranked World No. 3 for 1884 by Karoly Mazak.

Early life

Charles Walder Grinstead was born on 1 December 1860 in Teignmouth, Devon, England, the son of Charles Grinstead (a Church of England cleric) and his wife Sarah A. (née Stanley). He was educated at the University of Oxford, matriculating in 1879 as a member of Keble College and graduating in 1874 as a member of Charsley’s Hall.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in final Score in final
Runner-up 1884 Wimbledon Championships Herbert Lawford 5–7, 6–2, 2–6, 7–9

Career singles titles and finals (21)

Titles won (13)

Year Tournament City Surface Opponent Score
1881 Essex Championships Frinton Grass Nalton Womersley 6–2, 6–3
1882 Essex Championships Brentwood Grass Nalton Womersley 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1883 Leicester Tennis Tournament Leicester Grass Ernest Lewis 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1883 Sussex County Lawn Tennis Club (Spring) Brighton Hard Donald Charles Stewart 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
1883 Leamington Tennis Tournament Leamington Spa Grass Herbert Wilberforce 8–6 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1883 Exmouth Tennis Tournament Exmouth Grass Edward Lake Williams 6–2, 6-5 6–4
1883 Essex Championships Brentwood Grass P. Colley 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1883 Edgbaston Tennis Tournament Edgbaston Grass Edward Lake Williams 6–3, 6–3
1884 Essex Championships Colchester Grass Edward Cubitt 6–0, 6–4
1884 Exmouth Tennis Tournament Exmouth Grass Erskine Gerald Watson 6–2, 6–2 6–3
1884 Derbyshire Championships Buxton Grass Ernest Browne 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1884 Middlesex Championships Chiswick Grass Donald Charles Stewart 6–1, 4–6, 12–10 6–3
1892 St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament St. Augustine Grass Oliver Campbell w.o.

Runner up (8)

Year Tournament City Surface Opponent Score
1883 South of England Championships Eastbourne Grass Edward Lake Williams 6–1 8–6 4–6, 7–5)
1883 Wimbledon Championships London Grass Ernest Renshaw 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1883 Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament Brighton Grass Herbert Wilberforce 6–3, 6–3 8–10 6–4, 6–1
1884 Wimbledon Championships London Grass Herbert Lawford 7–5, 2–6, 6–2 9–7
1884 South of England Championships London Grass Edward Lake Williams 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1892 Tampa Gulf Championships London Asphalt (hard) Empie Albert Wright 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1894 Tampa Gulf Championships Tampa Asphalt (hard) Robert Duffield Wren 6-5 6–3
1894 St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament St. Augustine Grass Oliver Campbell w.o.

Later life

Having completed his B.A. at Oxford, Grinstead was intended to become a Church of England cleric like his father. While Grinstead had enjoyed his academic studies and his sport at university, he did not wish to become a cleric. Instead in the spring of 1885, he immigrated to Ontario, Canada where he spent nine months, and then relocated to the United States of America.

Charles Walder Grinstead died in Nikenbah, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia on 16 March 1930. He was buried in Polson Cemetery, Hervey Bay, Queensland.

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