Stanley Doust

Stanley Norwood Doust (29 March 1878 – 13 December 1961) was an Australian-born tennis player who captained his nation's Davis Cup team and was winner of the Mixed Doubles Trophy at Wimbledon.

Early years Doust was born in Newtown, New South Wales, His elder sister was Edith Lucy Doust (1875–1947), who married Harry Wolstenholme and was an early female graduate at the University of Sydney and tennis player. Living in Marrickville and Wyroolah Dulwich Hill, Doust was educated at Newington College commencing in 1887 at the age of eight. On 18 August 1903, at the Presbyterian Church in Petersham, he married Dorothy Mary Storer.

Tennis career Doust played in the Australian Open in 1907 and 1908. In 1909 he played Wimbledon in doubles with Harry Parker. In 1913 he was defeated at Wimbledon by Maurice Evans McLoughlin. in the same year he captained the Australian Davis Cup team that won against the United States team with McLoughlin in it.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1909 Wimbledon Grass Harry Parker Arthur Gore Herbert Roper Barrett 2–6, 1–6, 4–6

World War I Doust served as a lieutenant during World War I.

Journalist For 31 years from 1920, Doust was the lawn tennis correspondent for the Daily Mail. He died in a London hospital aged 83.