Arthur O'Hara Wood

Arthur O'Hara Wood
Full name	Arthur Holroyd O'Hara Wood
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	10 January 1890; Melbourne,Australia
Died	6 October 1918(aged 28); Saint-Quentin,France
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W(1914)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1914)

MajorArthur Holroyd O'Hara Wood(10 January 1890 – 6 October 1918) was an Australianmale tennis playerandRoyal Air Forcepilot who was killed during theFirst World War.

O'Hara Wood was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and attendedTrinity College, Melbourne Universityin 1908.^[2]

O'Hara Wood won the men's singles tennis championship of NSW in 1913 and of Victoria in 1914.^[3]In 1914 he reached the final of theAustralasian Championships,played in Melbourne, where he faced his compatriotGerald Patterson.^[4]O'Hara Wood used a variety of pace and spins to beat Patterson in four sets.^[5]Arthur's brotherPat O'Hara Woodwas also a tennis player and won the Australasian Championships in 1920 and 1923.

In 1915, after the outbreak of the First World War, O'Hara Wood joined theRoyal Flying Corps.He saw service in France and did instructional work in England in 1916. He was temporarily transferred to the Australian Flying Corps in France, then on 17 July 1918, when he celebrated his third anniversary at the war, he was appointed to an important post at flying school in England.^[6]

In 1918, Major O'Hara Wood was in command of46 Squadron^[7]when during a patrol overSaint-Quentinon 4 October 1918, another aircraft flew into his. He died on 6 October 1918, at the 37th Casualty Clearing Station from multiple injuries.^[3]He is buried at theBronfay Farm Military CemeteryinBray-sur-Somme.^[8]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1914	Australasian Championships	Grass	Gerald Patterson	6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1914	Australasian Championships	Grass	Rodney Heath	Ashley Campbell Gerald Patterson	5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6

References

^Arthur Holroyd O'Hara Wood inGreat Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910–1950
^James Grant,Perspectives of a Century(Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147–49.
^^a ^b"Roll of Honour 1914 –1918".Melbourne Cricket Club. pp. 17, 18.Retrieved7 August2012.
^Collins, Bud (2010).The Bud Collins History of Tennis(2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 357.ISBN 978-0942257700.
^"Arthur O'Hara Wood".Grand Slam Tennis Archive.
^"Arthur O'Hara Wood's GS Performance Timeline & Stats".Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2022.Retrieved10 January2015.
^O'Connor, Mike (2001).Airfields & Airmen of the Somme.Pen & Sword Books Ltd.ISBN 9780850528640.
^"O'Hara Wood, Arthur Holroyd".The War Graves Photographic Project. Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2015.Retrieved7 August2012.

External links

Arthur O'Hara Woodat theAssociation of Tennis Professionals

[1] Arthur Holroyd O'Hara Wood inGreat Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910–1950

[2] James Grant,Perspectives of a Century(Melbourne: Trinity College, 1972), pp. 147–49.

[mcc-3] "Roll of Honour 1914 –1918".Melbourne Cricket Club. pp. 17, 18.Retrieved7 August2012.

[4] Collins, Bud (2010).The Bud Collins History of Tennis(2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 357.ISBN 978-0942257700.

[gsta-5] "Arthur O'Hara Wood".Grand Slam Tennis Archive.

[6] "Arthur O'Hara Wood's GS Performance Timeline & Stats".Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2022.Retrieved10 January2015.

[7] O'Connor, Mike (2001).Airfields & Airmen of the Somme.Pen & Sword Books Ltd.ISBN 9780850528640.

[8] "O'Hara Wood, Arthur Holroyd".The War Graves Photographic Project. Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2015.Retrieved7 August2012.

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