defeating Wilberforce Eaves in the final, and in 1904, defeating Brame Hillyard in the final. Mahony was a member of the 1903 British Isles Davis Cup team that won the against the United States at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston but did not play in the event. When four-time Wimbledon champion Reginald Doherty had a shoulder injury the British team captain William Collins elected to forfeit his first match, instead of letting Mahony play, so that Doherty would be allowed to play the reverse singles match later in the event. Mahony was 1.91m (6 ft 3in) tall and possessed a formidable backhand. His forehand was less notable: his fellow player, George Hillyard, wrote that he "never did acquire the right method of hitting the ball on the forehand". Mahony was killed on 27 June 1905, aged 38, in a bicycling accident while descending a steep hill near Caragh Lake in Co. Kerry. Grand Slam finals Singles Doubles Olympic finals Singles: 1 (1 silver medal) Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal) Challenge Rounds Challenge Round: the final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase (final) faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921), in some tournaments not all. (**) denotes challenge round Career finals Singles 86 (43 titles, 43 runner-ups) References External links 1867 births 1905 deaths 19th-century Irish people 19th-century male tennis players Scottish male tennis players Irish male tennis players Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain People from Kenmare Cycling road incident deaths Sportspeople from Edinburgh Tennis players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Olympic medalists in tennis Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in the Republic of Ireland British male tennis players