John Galbraith Horn

John Galbraith Horn was born In Edinburgh, Scotland in 1860.^[4] He attended Oxford University during the early 1880s, matriculating at University College on 13 October 1879.^[5][6]

He played and won his first tournament at the Scottish Championships in 1881.^[4] He competed in the men's singles events at the Wimbledon Championships in 1881 where he lost in the first round to Ernest Renshaw.^[7] At the 1882 championships he reached the second round before losing to Frank Benson.^[8]

His main career singles title successes came at the Scottish Championships which he won three times consecutivley (1881–1893),^[4] and was a finalist in (1884),^[4] He also won the Edinburgh University LTC Open (1883),^[4] the Fifeshire Championship (1885)^[4] and the West of Scotland Championships (1887).^[4]

In addition he was a losing finalist at the Oxford University Champion Tournament (1882),^[4] Darlington Open (1884, 1885, 1887),^[4] and the West of Scotland Championships (1894).^[4] Galbraith Horn played his final singles event at the Boulogne International Championship on clay in 1893.^[4]

He died on 10 September 1925 in Évian-les-Bains, France.