Full name Frederick Howard Hovey US Open W (1893, 1894) Highest ranking No. US Open W (1895) Grand slams won (singles) 1 | Role Tennis player Country (sports) United States Name Frederick Hovey | |
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Born October 7, 1868
Newton Centre, MA, USA ( 1868-10-07 ) Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand) Died October 18, 1945, Miami Beach, Florida, United States | ||
Int. Tennis HoF 1974 (member page) | ||
Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – 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. 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. 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.
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