Frederick Hovey
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Full name | Frederick Howard Hovey |
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Country (sports) |
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Born |
Newton Centre, MA, United States | October 7, 1868
Died |
October 18, 1945 77) Miami Beach, FL, United States | (aged
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1974 (member page) |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (1895, Karoly Mazak)[1] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
US Open | W (1895) |
Doubles | |
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.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Opponent in final | Score in final |
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Runner-up | 1892 | U.S. Championships | ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 1893 | U.S. Championships | ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1895 | U.S. Championships | ![]() | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1896 | U.S. Championships | ![]() | 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 | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 1894 | U.S. Championships | ![]() |
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6–3, 8–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1895 | U.S. Championships | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 1–6, 6–8 |
References
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 23.
- ↑ "Hobart and Hovey Champions" (PDF). The New York Times. July 30, 1893.
- ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 476. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 455. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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