Harry Alabaster Parker was a New Zealand tennis player. He was active from 1894 to 1915 and won 40 career singles titles.
Parker won the doubles title at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, alongside Bill Gregg in 1907. He also reached two singles finals at the Australasian Championships in 1907 and 1913, and two doubles finals in 1906 and 1913. He reached the Wimbledon Championships doubles final, alongside Stanley Doust in 1909, and the quarter-finals alongside Anthony Wilding in 1905.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (2 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1907 Australasian Championships Grass Horace Rice 3–6, 4–6, 4–6Loss 1913 Australasian Championships Grass Ernie Parker 6–2, 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1906 Australasian Championships Grass C. Cox Rodney Heath Anthony Wilding 2–6, 4–6, 2–6Win 1907 Australasian Championships Grass Bill Gregg Horace Rice Gordon Wright 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss1909Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Stanley Doust Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore6-2, 6–1, 6-4Loss 1913 Australasian Championships Grass Ray Taylor Ernie Parker Alf Hedeman 6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
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