Randolph Lycett

Randolph Lycett

Full name	Randolph Lycett
Country (sports)	Australia  United Kingdom
Born	(1886-08-27)27 August 1886 Birmingham, England
Died	9 February 1935(1935-02-09) (aged 48)[1] Jersey, United Kingdom
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1905 (amateur tour)
Retired	1929
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	185–68 (73.1%)[2]
Career titles	16[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1905)
Wimbledon	F (1922)
US Open	2R (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1905, 1911)
Wimbledon	W (1921, 1922, 1923)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1919, 1921, 1923)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (1921)

Randolph Lycett (27 August 1886 – 9 February 1935) was a British tennis player. Lycett is primarily known for his success in doubles, winning 5 men's doubles and 3 mixed doubles slams. He was also the runner-up at the 1922 Wimbledon men's singles (where he lost to Gerald Patterson).^[3]

Lycett was recognised as one of the dominant players in men's doubles.^[4] He was the champion at both the Australasian Championships and Wimbledon multiple times. In April 1924 he won the singles title at the inaugural British Hard Court Championships in Torquay defeating Christiaan van Lennep in the final in four sets.^[5] He played in three ties for the British Davis Cup team in 1921 and 1923 and compiled a record of six wins and three losses.

His cousin was the operatic soprano Miriam Licette.

In the 1921 Wimbledon Quarter Final, Randolph Lycett played Zenzo Shimizu on a very hot day. During the third set, Lycett was revived with gin each time Ends were changed. In the Fifth Set, he ordered a bottle of champagne, and was drinking it when the Umpire announced "Shimizu leads by nine games to eight in the Final Set". Lycett dropped his racket, and began to search for it on his hands and knees.^{[citation needed]}