Stanley Norwood Doust (29 March 1878 – 13 December 1961)Tennis Archives Retrieved 6 August 2012 was an Australian-born tennis player who captained his nation's Davis Cup team and was winner of the Mixed Doubles Trophy at Wimbledon.The Times Obituaries Mr. Stanley N. Doust: Issue 55264, p. 19,14 December 1961
Early years Doust was born in Newtown, New South Wales, the only son of Isaac Doust, landowner and property developer, and his wife Lucy Ellen (née Dunlop).NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Martiages Retrieved 6 August 2012 His elder sister was Edith Lucy Doust (1875–1947),Leichhardt Street Names Retrieved 6 August 2012 who married Harry Wolstenholme and was an early female graduate at the University of SydneyUniversity of Sydney – Students in the early years Retrieved 6 August 2012 and tennis player.Prominent Women Tennis Players Retrieved 6 August 2012 Living in Marrickville and Wyroolah Dulwich Hill, Doust was educated at Newington College commencing in 1887 at the age of eight.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 54 On 18 August 1903, at the Presbyterian Church in Petersham, he married Dorothy Mary Storer.
Tennis career Doust played in the Australian Open in 1907 and 1908. In 1909 he played Wimbledon in doubles with Harry Parker. In 1913 he was defeated at Wimbledon by Maurice Evans McLoughlin. in the same year he captained the Australian Davis Cup team that won against the United States team with McLoughlin in it. His last major title win was the 1926 British Covered Court Championships mixed championship where he played with Joan Ridley. In his obituary in The Times he is described as; "One of the last of the world's great 'dolly' servers and particularly nimble about the court, he was seen at his best in doubles matches ... he used a well-placed, low-bouncing service that forced his opponent to hit upwards while [he] moved in to volley."
A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph ranked Doust as world No. 8 in 1913.United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 422.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1909 Wimbledon Grass Harry Parker Arthur Gore Herbert Roper Barrett 2–6, 1–6, 4–6
World War I Doust served as a lieutenant during World War I.Register of War Memorials in New South Wales – Newington College World War I Honour Roll Retrieved 6 August 2012
Journalist For 31 years from 1920, Doust was the lawn tennis correspondent for the Daily Mail. He died in a London hospital aged 83.
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