Manliffe Francis Goodbody (20 November 1868 – 24 March 1916) was an Irish tennis and football player.
 Goodbody in 1901 | |
| Full name | Manliffe Francis Goodbody |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
| Born | 20 November 1868 Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 24 March 1916 (aged 47) SS Sussex, English Channel |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 15 |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1889, 1893) |
| US Open | F (1894Ch) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | SF (1893) |
Career
editGoodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at Dublin, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry.[1][2] He represented Ireland at football in 1889 and 1891.[3] In 1894 he finished runner-up to defending champion Robert Wrenn at the U.S. National Championships in Newport,[4][5] having earlier beaten Fred Hovey and William Larned.[6] Goodbody reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1889 and 1893.
Goodbody was defeated in the final of the 1895 London Championships at Queens Club in London by Harry S. Barlow. He also won the North of Ireland Championships held at the Cliftonville Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club in Belfast three times in 1889,[7] 1890 and 1893.
In 1896 Goodbody won the singles title at the Kent Championships in Beckenham after defeating Harry S. Barlow in the final.[8] The next year he lost the challenge round to George Greville in five sets.[9] In April 1897 he won the French Covered Court Championships in Paris after a straight-sets victory in the final against Frank Riseley.[10]
Goodbody died during the First World War as a passenger aboard SS Sussex that was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel on 24 March 1916.[11] He married in 1904 and was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.
Grand Slam finals
editSingles: 1 (1 runner-up)
edit| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1894 | U.S. Championships | Grass |  Robert Wrenn |
8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 4–8 |
References
edit- ^ "Manliffe Francis Goodbody". www.thepeerage.com. The Peerage.
- ^ Welch, Charles, ed. (1905). London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. Brighton: W. T. Pike & Co. p. 204. Manliffe Goodbody had 8 brothers and 4 sisters. One of his brothers, Francis Woodcock Goodbody, married Olga Harley, a daughter of George Harley, M.D., F.R.S.
- ^ Manliffe Goodbody at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Wrenn Still the Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 August 1894.
- ^ "History: U.S. Open". CBS Sports. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 69. OCLC 172306.
- ^ Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1889). Volume LI. January - June. Vinton & Co Ltd, London. p. 129.
- ^ "Kent All-Comers' Championships" (PDF). www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk. Beckenham Tennis Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis – Kent All-Comers' Championship Meeting". The Morning Post. British Newspaper Archive. 14 June 1897. p. 2.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis – The French Championships". The Morning Post. British Newspaper Archive. 22 April 1897. p. 3.
- ^ "Cross-Channel steamer torpedoed". Derby Daily Telegraph. 25 March 1916. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.