death_date frenchopenresult wimbledonmixedresult birth_date country death_place team plays daviscupresult image name fullname olympicsresult whccresult birth_place wimbledonresult othertournaments article_title wimbledondoublesresult
30 january 1962 qf -lrb- 1927 -rrb- sf -lrb- 1927 -rrb- 28 june 1895 rsa 1912 / rsa 1928 south africa johannesburg , south africa yes left-handed -lrb- 1-handed backhand -rrb- sf -lrb- 1919 -rrb- louis raymond 1929.jpg louis raymond louis bosman raymond 20px -rrb- '' ` gold medal '' ' -lrb- 1920 qf -lrb- 1920 -rrb- pretoria , south africa sf -lrb- 1924 -rrb- yes louis raymond -lrb- tennis -rrb-
 sf -lrb- 1924 , 1927 -rrb-
louis raymond -lrb- tennis -rrb-

louis bosman raymond -lrb- 28 june 1895 -- 30 january 1962 -rrb- was a male tennis player from south africa .
at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp , belgium , he defeated ichiya kumagai in the finals to win the gold medal .
he won the south african championships six times ; four consecutive titles from 1921 through 1924 as well as victories in 1930 and 1931 .
in 1924 he made it to the semifinal of the singles event at the wimbledon championships , losing to eventual champion jean borotra in straight sets .
in 1927 he reached the quarterfinal of the french championship in which he was defeated by bill tilden .
between 1919 and 1931 , raymond played in ten ties for the south african davis cup team and has a record of ten wins and eleven losses .
in tilden 's book , `` the art of lawn tennis '' , raymond is described as a `` hard working and deserving player '' and someone who `` attains success by industry rather than natural talent '' .
