Frederick Hovey
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Full name | Frederick Howard Hovey |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Newton Centre, MA, U.S. | October 7, 1868
Died | October 18, 1945 Miami Beach, FL, U.S. | (aged 77)
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1974 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career titles | 14 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | W (1895) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1893, 1894) |
Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States.
Biography
[edit]Hovey was born on October 7, 1868, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. His brother was George Rice Hovey,[1] and his father was Alvah Hovey.
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][3] That same year Hovey was ranked No. 1 in the United States.[5]
He died on October 18, 1945, in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame posthumously.
Grand Slam finals
[edit]Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1892 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1895 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1896 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1893 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 1894 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 8–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 1895 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 1–6, 6–8 |
References
[edit]- ^ Junot, Jim (April 13, 2011). "Who Was Hovey?". Virginia Union University Athletics.
- ^ "Hobart and Hovey Champions" (PDF). The New York Times. July 30, 1893.
- ^ a b Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 483, 505. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 70. OCLC 172306.
- ^ "Year-end rankings: Top 10 U.S. Men". United States Tennis Association. January 1, 2017.
External links
[edit]- 1868 births
- 1945 deaths
- 19th-century American sportsmen
- 19th-century male tennis players
- Harvard Crimson men's tennis players
- Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- United States National champions (tennis)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- American male tennis players
- Tennis players from Massachusetts