Eric Conrad Peters (10 August 1903 – 28 December 1985) was a British tennis player.

Eric Peters
Full nameEric Conrad Peters
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born(1903-08-10)10 August 1903
Died28 December 1985(1985-12-28) (aged 82)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon3R (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1930)

An Oxford graduate, Peters played a patient, defensive brand of tennis and was active in the late 1920s to 1930s, featuring regularly at Wimbledon.[1] He made the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the 1930 Wimbledon Championships with Elsie Pittman. His most famous victory was over Bill Tilden at Cannes in 1930, becoming the first British amateur to defeat the American.[2] He also had a career win over Bunny Austin and once took Jean Borotra to five sets.[3]

Peters, who was involved in his family's brewery business, married tennis player Effie Hemmant in 1932.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Greig Defeated By E. C. Peters". The Daily Telegraph. 1 May 1929.
  2. ^ "Tilden Beaten By Peters". The Daily Telegraph. 6 February 1930.
  3. ^ "Noted Tennis Players Engaged". Liverpool Post and Mercury. 30 May 1931.
  4. ^ "Peters-Hemmant". The Norwood News. 5 February 1932.
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