{{Infobox tennis biography |name =Walter Chamberlain |fullname =Walter William Chamberlain |image = |caption= |country ={{flagu|GBR}} |birth_date =March 1862 |birth_place =Aston, Warwickshire, England |death_date =26 July 1923 (age 62) |death_place =Rawdon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |turnedpro =1881 (amateur tour)<br/> |retired =1886 |plays = |tennishofyear = |tennishofid = |singlesrecord ={{tennis record|won=72|lost=23}}<ref name="tb">{{cite web |title=Players: Chamberlain, Walter William. |url=https://thetennisbase.com/players/|website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |access-date=1 June 2023 |location=Madrid|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |singlestitles = 6<ref name="tb"/> |highestsinglesranking = |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = |Wimbledonresult =2R (1884) |USOpenresult = |Othertournaments = |Olympicsresult = |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |currentdoublesranking = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = |USOpenDoublesresult = |OthertournamentsDoubles = |OlympicsDoublesresult = |Mixed = |mixedrecord = |mixedtitles = |AustralianOpenMixedresult = |FrenchOpenMixedresult = |WimbledonMixedresult = |USOpenMixedresult = |OthertournamentsMixedDoubles = |OlympicMixedDoublesresult = | Promajors = <!-- adds a "Professional majors" title --> | USProresult = | WembleyProresult = | FrenchProresult = | Proother = <!-- adds an "Other pro events" title --> }} '''Walter William Chamberlain''' <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Medical Journal |first1=British|title=Dr. Walter William Chamberlain |journal=Br Med J |date=18 August 1923 |volume=2 |issue=3268 |pages=307–307 |doi= |url=https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.3268.307-b}}</ref> (March 1862 – 26 July 1923) was an English tennis player then later surgeon and general practitioner. He was active from 1881 to 1886 and won 6 career singles titles.<ref name="tb"/>
==Tennis career== Walter Chamberlain was born in Aston, Warwickshire, England in March 1862.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=X2I%2BVOukIkZjW%2BvwT5k%2BBA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=1 June 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> In 1881 he played his first event at Gloucestershire Lawn Tennis Tournament.<ref name="tb"/> He won his first singles title at the Edgbaston Open Tournament in the same year.<ref name="tb"/> In 1882 he moved to Edinburgh in Scotland to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB CM in 1887.<ref name="Br Med J 1923">Br Med J (1923)</ref>
His other career singles highlights include winning the West of Scotland Championships in 1883,<ref name="tb"/> Edinburgh University LTC Open in 1884,<ref name="tb"/> the Midland Counties Championships in 1884,<ref name="tb"/> the Burton-on-Trent Open and the Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open also in 1884.<ref name="tb"/> In addition he was a finalist at the Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson Smith |first1=George |title=Displaying Edinburgh in 1886: The International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art: PhD Thesis |url=https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/11771/Smith2015.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y |website=www.era.ed.ac.uk |publisher=University of Edinburgh |access-date=22 May 2023 |date=2015}}</ref> in 1886.<ref name="tb"/> He played his final tournament at the Scottish Championships in 1886 where he lost in the quarter finals to Archibald Thomson.<ref name="tb"/> Walter Chamberlain died 26 July 1923 age 62 at Rawdon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.<ref name="Br Med J 1923"/>
==Work career== On leaving university in 1887 he was appointed house surgeon at Birmingham General Hospital.<ref name="Br Med J 1923"/> The appointed senior surgeon at the Royal Halifax Infirmary.<ref name="Br Med J 1923"/> his final appointment was as Chief Medical Officer Health of Rawdon District Council.<ref name="Br Med J 1923"/>
==Honours== Chamberlain was personally decorated by King Albert I of Belgium, King of the Belgians for services for Belgian and Allied troops under his care at Rawdon during World War I.<ref name="Br Med J 1923"/>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
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