Eric William Sturgess was a South African male tennis player. Eric Sturgess attended Parktown Boys' High School

Parktown Boys' High School

Parktown Boys' High School is a public high school for boys in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Parktown Boys' is well known for its emphasis on holistic education and in 2009 was rated as one of the top performing state schools in South Africa, and in the top ten schools in...

 in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

. He reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament three times but never won.

He reached the singles final of the 1947 and 1951 French Championships but lost to Hungarian József Asbóth

József Asbóth

József Asbóth was a Hungarian male tennis player, best remembered for being the first Hungarian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1947 Roland Garros French Open. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1948. In 1941 he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Central...

 (6–8, 5–7, 4–6) in the first final and to Jaroslav Drobný

Jaroslav Drobný

Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...

 in the second (6–3, 6–3, 6–3) (in 1947 he won the doubles competition with countryman Eustace Fannin).

By the end of his career Sturgess had reached nine Grand Slam finals (three in singles, and six in doubles). He won three titles (the 1947 French Championships doubles title, and the 1949 and 1950 Wimbledon Mixed doubles title).

External links

• Davis Cup records
• Telegraph (His obituary)