Archibald Thomson

Archibald A.Thomson was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland on 21 July 1856.^[4] He attended the University of Edinburgh.

He played and won his first tournament at the Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament in 1880.^[4] He won his first title at the Bridge of Allan Open in Bridge of Allan in 1884.^[4] He competed in the men's singles events at the Wimbledon Championships in 1885 where he lost in the second round to the American player James Dwight.^[5] At the 1890 championships he lost the first round to Herbert Lawford.^[6]

His main career singles title successes came at the South of Scotland Championships at Moffat which he won two times consecutively (1885–1886),^[4] and the Whitehouse Open two times consecutively (1889–1890),^[4] He also won the singles title at the Broughty Ferry Open (1886),^[4] the Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament (1886),^[4] the Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (1887) and the Inverkip Rovers Open also in 1887.^[4]

In addition he was a losing finalist at the West of Scotland Championships (1882),^[4] and the Windyknowe Open (1883),^[4] and the West of Scotland Championships (1894).^[4] Archibald played his final singles event at the Scottish Border Championships in 1894.^[4]