Frederick Hovey
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Full name | Frederick Howard Hovey |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Newton Centre, MA, USA |
October 7, 1868
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Miami Beach, FL, USA |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1974 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (1895, Karoly Mazak)[1] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
US Open | W (1895) |
Doubles | |
Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | W (1893, 1894) |
Last updated on: September 17, 2012. |
Frederick "Fred" Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868, Newton Centre, Massachusetts – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States.
Hovey won the NCAA men's singles championship in 1890 while attending Harvard University.
In 1893 Hovey won the men's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with his partner Clarence Hobart with a victory over Oliver Campbell and Robert Huntington.[2][3] In 1895 he won the men's title at the U.S. National Championships after defeating Robert Wrenn in three straight sets in the Challenge Round.[4] That same year Hovey was ranked No. 1 in the United States.
In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame posthumously.
Contents
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Opponent in final | Score in final |
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Runner-up | 1892 | U.S. Championships | Oliver Campbell | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 1893 | U.S. Championships | Robert Wrenn | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1895 | U.S. Championships | Robert Wrenn | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1896 | U.S. Championships | Robert Wrenn | 5–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
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Winner | 1893 | U.S. Championships | Clarence Hobart | Oliver Campbell Robert Huntington |
6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 1894 | U.S. Championships | Clarence Hobart | Carr Neel Sam Neel |
6–3, 8–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1895 | U.S. Championships | Clarence Hobart | Malcolm Chace Robert Wrenn |
5–7, 1–6, 6–8 |
References
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 23.
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