John Flavelle


John Flavelle was a British tennis player with a long career. Flavelle was a medical doctor. He was married to fellow player Helen Reckitt. According to A. Wallis Myers, John Flavelle travelled all over the world playing and watching tennis. Of Flavelle's style of play, A. Wallis Myers said "He is essentially a baseline player and, volleying only on the rarest of occasions and with a somewhat indifferent service, relies almost entirely on a low forehand drive on which he gets a lot of top."
At his first Wimbledon in 1895, Flavelle lost in the quarter finals to Ernest Meers. At Wimbledon 1898 he lost in the quarter finals to Laurence Doherty, though he did win a set.. Flavelle reached the Wimbledon last 16 in 1906. In his last appearance aged 57 in 1920, Flavelle lost easily in round one to Bill Johnston.. Flavelle was runner up in several important tournaments: the German Open in 1902 and 1903, the French Covered Court Championships in 1905 and Queen's in 1906.