Facts: - usopendoublesresult: '' -rrb- ' w '' ' -lrb- 1902 , 1903 - wimbledonresult: '' , 1899 , 1900 -rrb- ' w '' ' -lrb- 1897 , 1898 - tennishofyear: 1980 - team: yes - birth date: 14 october 1872 - olympicmixeddoublesresult: 20px -rrb- '' ' gold medal '' ' -lrb- 1900 - daviscupresult: '' , 1905 , 1906 -rrb- ' w '' ' -lrb- 1903 , 1904 - othertournamentsmixeddoubles: yes - height: 1.85 m on - olympicsresult: 20px bronze medal -lrb- 1900 -rrb- - death date: 29 december 1910 - wimbledondoublesresult: '' , 1899 , 1900 , 1901 , 1903 , 1904 ' , 1905 -rrb- w '' ' -lrb- 1897 , 1898 - name: reginald doherty - death place: kensington , england - birth place: wimbledon , london , england - usopenresult: f -lrb- 1902 ch -rrb- - othertournaments: yes - irishresult: '' , 1901 -rrb- ' w '' ' -lrb- 1899 , 1900 - olympicsdoublesresult: 20px , 1908 -rrb- '' ' gold medal '' ' -lrb- 1900 - fullname: reginald frank doherty - othertournamentsdoubles: yes - tennishofid: reggie-doherty - image: r.f.doherty by voigt.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of reginald doherty .
reginald '' reggie '' or '' r.f. '' frank doherty -lrb- 14 october 1872 -- 29 december 1910 -rrb- was a world no. 1 british male tennis player , and the older brother of laurence doherty .he was known in the tennis world as '' r.f. '' rather than '' reggie '' .