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{{short description|British tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
|name                              = Reginald Doherty
|image                             = R.F.Doherty by Voigt.jpg
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|fullname                          = Reginald Frank Doherty
|country                           = {{GBR}}
|residence                         = 
|birth_date                        = {{birth date |df=yes|1872|10|14}}
|birth_place                       = [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], [[Surrey]], England
|death_date                        = {{death date and age|df=yes|1910|12|29|1872|10|14}}
|death_place                       = [[Kensington]], [[County of London|London]], England
|height                            = {{convert|1.85|m|abbr=on}}
|college                           =
|turnedpro                         = 1891 (amateur)
|retired                           = 1910
|plays                             = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
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|tennishofyear                     = 1980
|tennishofid                       = reggie-doherty
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|singlesrecord                     ={{tennis record|won=211|lost=96}}<ref name="tb">{{cite web |title=Players:Doherty, Reginald |url=https://thetennisbase.com/players/search/d|website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |access-date=4 June 2023 |location=Madrid|url-access=subscription}}</ref> 
|singlestitles                     = 36<ref name="tb"/> 
|highestsinglesranking             = No. '''1''' (1897<small>, [[International Tennis Hall of Fame|ITHF]]</small>)<ref name="ithof">{{cite web|title=Hall of Famers – Reggie Doherty|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/reggie-doherty|publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame|access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>
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|WimbledonDoublesresult            = '''W''' (1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905)
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'''Reginald''' "'''Reggie'''" or "'''R. F.'''" '''Frank Doherty''' (14 October 1872 – 29 December 1910) was a British [[tennis]] player and the older brother of tennis player [[Laurence Doherty]]. He was known in the tennis world as "R.F." rather than "Reggie".<ref name=obituary>[https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50F14F7385417738DDDA90B94DA415B808DF1D3  "Famous Tennis Player Dead: R.F. Doherty, Once American Champion, Passes Away in London"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 30 December 1910</ref> He was a four-time Wimbledon singles champion and a triple Olympic Gold medalist in doubles and mixed doubles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89 |title=Reginald Doherty |work=Olympedia |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Doherty was born on 14 October 1872 at Beulah Villa in Wimbledon, the oldest son of William Doherty, a printer, and his wife Catherine Ann Davis.<ref name=odnb>{{cite web|title=Doherty, (Hugh) Laurence [Laurie] (1875–1919), tennis player|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/32851|publisher=Oxford University Press|author=Wray Vamplew}}</ref> Doherty began tennis early in life and as a boy at [[Westminster School]] showed great promise. At age 14, he won the boys' singles title at an open championship in Llandudno. Doherty was educated at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], where he played for the [[Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club]].<ref>{{acad|id=DHRY894RF|name=Doherty, Reginald Frank}}</ref> In 1895 and 1896, he was part of the Cambridge team that beat Oxford and won the Scottish and Essex championships.

==Career==

'''Grand Slam tournaments'''

Doherty played in his first Wimbledon Championships in 1894 and lost in the first round to [[Clement Cazalet]] in four sets. In 1897 Doherty won his first singles Wimbledon title after beating reigning champion [[Harold Mahony]] in three straight sets (6–4, 6–4, 6–3). He successfully defended his title for the next three years (1898, 1899, 1900). In 1898 he did so by beating his brother in the Challenge Round in five sets. In 1901 he finally lost his Wimbledon crown when he was defeated in the Challenge Round by [[Arthur Gore (tennis)|Arthur Gore]] in four sets). He was also a runner-up at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Championships]] in 1902 where he was beaten by the defending American champion [[William Larned]] in four sets. Together with his brother Laurie he won eight Wimbledon Championships doubles titles and two US Championship doubles titles.

'''Davis Cup'''

Doherty represented the British Isles in the prestigious [[Davis Cup]] contest from 1902 to 1906. In 1902 he won the doubles match with his brother but lost the final and decisive singles match against American [[Malcolm Whitman]] in straight sets. In 1903 he contributed significantly to his team's first Davis Cup title against the United States by winning the doubles match and the decisive singles match against [[Robert Wrenn]]. Doherty won the Davis Cup trophy a further three times (1904, 1905, 1906) although in these years he only competed, and won, in the doubles matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Davis Cup Player Profile|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003389|publisher=ITF|access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>

'''Olympics'''

Doherty won the doubles title ([[Olympic medals|gold medals]] were not given at the 1900 Games) at the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Olympic Games]] in Paris with his brother.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/reggie-doherty-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/reggie-doherty-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Reginald Doherty Olympic Results |access-date=2014-01-26 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> He also competed in the singles tournament and reached the semifinal, where he was scheduled to play against his brother. Reggie withdrew, since the brothers refused to play each other before the final.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grasso|first=John|title=Historical dictionary of tennis|date=16 September 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Md.|isbn=9780810872370|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC&pg=PA86|access-date=4 April 2012|page=86}}</ref> He also won the mixed doubles title with five-time Wimbledon champion [[Charlotte Cooper (tennis)|Charlotte Cooper]]. Doherty did not compete in the [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904 Olympics]] in St. Louis. In the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics]] in London, Reggie again won the doubles title, this time with compatriot [[George Hillyard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=All the Medallists since 1896|url=http://www.olympic.org/medallists-results?athletename=reginald%20frank%20doherty&category=1&games=&sport=31718&event=&mengender=false&womengender=false&mixedgender=false&teamclassification=false&individualclassification=false&continent=1&country=&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=false&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&targetresults=true|publisher=Olympic Movement|access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>

R.F. Doherty was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1980 together with his brother.<ref name="ithof"/>

==Death==
Doherty died of heart failure and neurasthenia on 29 December 1910 at age 38 at his home in Kensington, a day after returning from a convalescence stay in a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland.<ref name=odnb/><ref>{{cite news|title=Late Mr. Doherty|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NA19110214.2.8&e=-------10--1----0--|newspaper=Northern Advocate (New Zealand)|date=14 February 1911|location=Northland|page=3}}</ref>

According to his obituary in ''The New York Times'', Doherty had "been in ill health for some time". The article further stated he "held at various times every important championship the world of tennis has for a man to win. He was not beaten until he began to fail in health".<ref name=obituary/> Both brothers apparently had respiratory problems throughout their lives.<ref name="Bmarcore">[http://bmarcore.club.fr/tennis/champions/doherty/E-laurie.html Hugh Laurence Doherty (UK) ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121209075113/http://bmarcore.club.fr/tennis/champions/doherty/E-laurie.html |date=9 December 2012 }}</ref>

R.F. and his brother had been urged to take up lawn tennis by their father, reportedly for health reasons.<ref name=obituary/>

== Grand Slam finals ==

[[File:R.F.Doherty Beginning of Low Backhand Drive.jpg|thumb|270px|right|Reginald Doherty – Beginning of a low backhand drive]]
[[File:Doherty Brothers.jpg|thumb|270px|Reginald Doherty (left) with his brother Laurence.]]

===Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)===
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!Result
!Year
!style="width:180px"|Championship
!Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
!style="width:15px" class="unsortable"|
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1897 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|1897]] || style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Harold Mahony]] || 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 ||<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html|title = Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Singles|access-date = 2015-10-16|website = Wimbledon official tournament website}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1898 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|1898]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Laurence Doherty]] || 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7, 6–1 ||<ref name=":0" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1899 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|1899]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Arthur Gore (tennis)|Arthur Gore]] || 1–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 ||<ref name=":0" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1900 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|1900]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Sydney Howard Smith|Sydney Smith]] || 6–8, 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 11–9 ||<ref name=":0" />
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1901 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|1901]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore || 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 4–6 ||<ref name=":0" />
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1902 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1902]] || style="background:#ccf;"|[[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[William Larned]]|| 6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 6–8 ||<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/mschamps.html|title = US Open Past Champions / Men's Singles|access-date = 2015-10-16|website = US Open official website|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090222190523/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/mschamps.html|archive-date = 22 February 2009}}</ref>
|}

===Doubles: 13 (10 titles, 3 runners-up)===
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!Result
!Year
!style="width:180px"|Championship
!Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
!width=15 class="unsortable"|
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1896 Wimbledon Championships|1896]] || style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Harold Nisbet]] || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Herbert Baddeley]]<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Wilfred Baddeley]] || 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 1–6 ||<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/champions/gentlemensdoubles.html |title = Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Doubles |website = Wimbledon |publisher = [[AELTC]] }}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1897 Wimbledon Championships|1897]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Laurence Doherty]] || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Herbert Baddeley<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Wilfred Baddeley || 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1898 Wimbledon Championships|1898]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Clarence Hobart]]<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Harold Nisbet]] || 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1899 Wimbledon Championships|1899]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|USA}} Clarence Hobart<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Harold Nisbet || 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1900 Wimbledon Championships|1900]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Herbert Roper Barrett]]<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Harold Nisbet || 9–7, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1901 Wimbledon Championships|1901]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwight F. Davis|Dwight Davis]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Holcombe Ward]] || 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 9–7 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1902 Wimbledon Championships|1902]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Frank Riseley]]<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Sydney Howard Smith|Sydney Smith]] || 6–4, 6–8, 3–6, 6–4, 9–11 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1902 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1902]] || style="background:#ccf;"|[[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]] || Grass ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|USA}} Dwight Davis<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Holcombe Ward || 11–9, 12–10, 6–4 ||<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/mdchamps.html|title = US Open Past Champions / Men's Doubles|access-date = 2015-10-16|website = US Open official website|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025005050/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/mdchamps.html|archive-date = 25 October 2007}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1903 Wimbledon Championships|1903]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Frank Riseley<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Sydney Smith || 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1903 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1903]] || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kreigh Collins (tennis)|Kreigh Collins]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[L. Harry Waidner]] || 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 ||<ref name=":2" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1904 Wimbledon Championships|1904]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Frank Riseley<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Sydney Smith || 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1905 Wimbledon Championships|1905]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Frank Riseley<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Sydney Smith || 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3 ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || [[1906 Wimbledon Championships|1906]] || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Laurence Doherty || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Frank Riseley<br>{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Sydney Smith || 8–6, 4–6, 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 ||<ref name=":1" />
|}

==Career finals (52)==
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Titles by surface
|-
|Clay (18–4)
|-
|Grass (14–12)
|-
|Hard (1–0)
|-
|Wood (3–0)
|}

===Singles titles (36)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! No.
! Date
! Tournament
! Surface
! Opponent in final
! Score
|- bgcolor=
| 1.
| 1895
| [[Essex Championships]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Late Mr. Doherty|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19110214.2.8|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|publisher=Northern Advocate, 14 February 1911|access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> Colchester, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Herbert Ramon Yglesias
| 6–3, 6–1, 6–0
|-bgcolor=
| 2.
| 1895
| [[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]],<ref name="The Dominion. 11 February 1911">{{cite web|title=A Great Lawn Tennis Player: Death of Mr. R. F. Doherty|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19110211.2.96?query=Scottish%20Championships%20Tennis|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|publisher=The Dominion. 11 February 1911|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> Moffat, Scotland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Richard Millar Watson]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 3.
| 1895
| [[Welsh Covered Court Championships]],<ref name="The Craigside Hotel Hydro Band">{{cite web|last1=Kinsey|first1=Albert|title=The Craigside Hotel Hydro Band|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/57637057606e40bca27ab8bff156b959|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/|publisher=BBC Radio Times Regional Programme Western, 9 July 1936|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> Llandudno, Wales
| Wood
| {{flagicon|WAL}} William S. N. Heard
|walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 4.
| 1895
| [[Exmouth LTC Tournament]], Exmouth, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harry S. Barlow]]
| 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
|-bgcolor=
| 5.
| 1896
| [[Baden Baden International]], Baden-Baden, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[Victor Voss|Count Voss]]
| 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
|-bgcolor=
| 6.
| 1896
| [[East of England Championships]], England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Edward Roy Allen]]
| 6–4, 8–6
|- bgcolor=
| 7.
| 1896
| [[Essex Championships]], Colchester, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 8.
| 1896
| [[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]],<ref name="The Dominion. 11 February 1911"/> Moffat, Scotland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Edward Roy Allen]]
| 13–11, 6–4 retired.
|-bgcolor=
| 9.
| 1896 
| [[The Homburg Cup]], Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GBR}} William M. Cranston
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 10.
| 1896
| [[Welsh Covered Court Championships]],<ref name="The Craigside Hotel Hydro Band"/> Llandudno, Wales
| Wood
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 11.
| 1897
| [[Baden Baden International]], Baden-Baden, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 12.
| 1897
| [[1897 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|Wimbledon Championships]], London, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Wilberforce Eaves]]
| 6–3, 7–5, 2–0 ret
|-bgcolor=
| 13.
| 1897
| [[South of France Championships]], Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[Victor Voss|Count Voss]]
| 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
|-bgcolor=
| 14.
| 1897
| [[The Homburg Cup]], Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[George Hillyard]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 15.
| 1897
| [[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Cup]],<ref name="Transaction Publishers">{{cite book|last1=Schneiderman|first1=E. Digby Baltzell; with a new introduction by Howard G.|title=Sporting gentlemen : men's tennis from the age of honor to the cult of the superstar|date=2013|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=Somerset, NJ|isbn=9781412851800|page=73}}</ref> Monte Carlo, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Conway W. Blackwood Price
| 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
|-bgcolor=
| 16.
| 1897
| [[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Games and Players:Notable Tennis Record|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19510418&id=vWFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5744,3949582|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=18 April 1951}}</ref> Moffat, Scotland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 17.
| 1897
| [[Cannes Championships]], Cannes, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} M.G. Gongoltz
| 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
|- bgcolor=
| 18.
| 1897
| [[Welsh Covered Court Championships]],<ref name="The Craigside Hotel Hydro Band"/> Llandudno, Wales
| Wood
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 19.
| 1898
| [[1898 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|Wimbledon Championships]], London, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7, 6–1
|-bgcolor=
| 20.
| 1898
| [[The Homburg Cup]], Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 21.
| 1898
| [[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Cup]],<ref name="Transaction Publishers"/> Monte Carlo, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[Victor Voss|Count Voss]]
| 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–0 Retired.
|-bgcolor=
| 22.
| 1899
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]] Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Harold Mahony]]
| 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
|-bgcolor=
| 23.
| 1899
| [[1899 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|Wimbledon Championships]] London, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Arthur Gore (tennis)|Arthur Gore]]
| 1–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
|-bgcolor=
| 24.
| 1899
| [[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Cup]],<ref name="Transaction Publishers"/> Monte Carlo, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[Victor Voss|Count Voss]]
| 6–2 Ret.
|-bgcolor=
| 25.
| 1899
| [[Heiligendammer Cup]], Heiligendammer, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER|empire}} Georg Wantzelius
|  6–2, 6–1, 6–2
|-bgcolor=
| 26.
| 1899
| [[The Homburg Cup]], Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|United States|1896}} [[Clarence Hobart]]
| 3–6, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–4	
|-bgcolor=
| 27.
| 1899
| [[South of France Championships]], Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[Victor Voss|Count Voss]]
| 6–0, 6–0 6–0
|-bgcolor=
| 28.
| 1900
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]] Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Gore (tennis)|Arthur Gore]]
| 6–4, 7–5, 7–9, 7–9, 6–3
|- bgcolor=
| 29.
| 1900
| [[1900 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|Wimbledon Championships]] London, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sydney Howard Smith]]
| 6–8, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
|- bgcolor=
| 30.
| 1901
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]] Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| 6–4, 4–6 ret.
|- bgcolor=
| 31.
| 1902
| [[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Cup]],<ref name="Transaction Publishers"/> Monte Carlo, France
| Clay
|  {{flagicon|GBR}} [[George Hillyard]]
| 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
|- bgcolor=
| 32.
| 1902
| [[Paris International Championships]], Paris, France
| Clay
|  {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul Lebreton]]
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 33.
| 1903
| [[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Cup]],<ref name="Transaction Publishers"/> Monte Carlo, France
| Clay
|  {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Frank Riseley]]
| 6–1, 14–16 Ret.
|- bgcolor=
| 34.
| 1903
| [[Paris International Championships]], Paris, France
| Clay
|  {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Max Decugis]]
| 6–4, 6–3, 8–6
|- bgcolor=
| 35.
| 1904
| [[Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Cup]],<ref name="Transaction Publishers"/> Monte Carlo, France
| Clay
|  {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Josiah Ritchie]]
| 6–1, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5
|- bgcolor=
| 36.
| 1909
| [[South African Open (tennis)|South African Championships]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Reggie Doherty-Biography|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/reggie-doherty-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/reggie-doherty-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Johannesburg, South Africa
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lionel Escombe]] 
| 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 
|}

===Singles runners-up (16)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! No.
! Date
! Tournament
! Surface
! Opponent in final
! Score
|- bgcolor=
| 1.
| 1895
| [[Colchester Championships]], Colchester, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charles Gladstone Allen]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 2.
| 1896
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]], Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Harold Mahony]]
| 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
|-bgcolor=
| 3.
| 1896
| [[Queen's Club Championships]], London, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Harold Mahony]]
| 11–9, 6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor=
| 4.
| 1896
| [[Sussex Championships]], Exmouth, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wilfred Baddeley]]
| 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
|-bgcolor=
| 5.
| 1897
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]], Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wilberforce Eaves]]
| 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
|-bgcolor=
| 6.
| 1897
| [[Manchester Open|Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament]], Manchester, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wilfred Baddeley]]
| 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 6–0
|- bgcolor=
| 7.
| 1898
| [[South of France Championships]], Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 8.
| 1898
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]], Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Harold Mahony]]
| 6–3, 8–6, 6–3
|-bgcolor=
| 9.
| 1898 
| [[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]], Moffat, Scotland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 10.
| 1899
| [[Championship of Europe]], Bad Homburg, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Harold Mahony]]
| walkover
|-bgcolor=
| 11.
| 1900
| [[South of France Championships]], Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 12.
| 1901
| [[1901 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|Wimbledon Championships]], London, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Gore (tennis)|Arthur Gore]]
| 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
|- bgcolor=
| 13.
| 1902
| [[1902 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|U.S. National Championships]], Newport, RI, USA
| Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[William Larned]]
| 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 8–6
|- bgcolor=
| 14
| 1902
| [[South of France Championships]], Nice, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 15.
| 1902
| [[Irish Open (tennis)|Irish Championships]], Dublin, Ireland
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laurence Doherty]]
| walkover
|- bgcolor=
| 16
| 1905
| [[East Grinstead (tennis)|East Grinstead]], East Grinstead, England
| Grass
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roderick James McNair
| walkover
|}

==References==
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