Country (sports) United States Name Raymond Little Turned pro 1897 Wimbledon SF (1906) Retired 1916 | US Open SF (1901, 1906) Education Princeton University Wimbledon QF (1906) Role Tennis player | |
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Full name Raymond Demorest Little Born January 5, 1880 ( 1880-01-05 ) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Died July 29, 1932, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Raymond Demorest Little (January 5, 1880 – July 29, 1932) was an American tennis player. He was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 eleven times between 1900 and 1912, his highest ranking coming in 1907 when he was ranked No. 4. He played on the United States Davis Cup team, and also won the intercollegiate tennis title for Princeton University in 1900.
Biography
Little was born on January 5, 1880.
At the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters, the oldest tournament in the U.S. played in its original city, Little reached 12 finals in eight appearances between 1900 and 1907: four singles finals, six doubles finals and two mixed doubles finals. In those 12 finals appearances, his only loss came in the singles final of 1903 when he was defeated by Kreigh Collins, an outstanding player out of Chicago.
Little's three singles titles came in 1900, 1901 and 1902, his six doubles titles were in 1900, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1906 & 1907, and his mixed doubles titles came in 1901 with Marion Jones Farquhar and 1905 with May Sutton.
Little won the 1900 American intercollegiate singles tennis championship as a student at Princeton University. At the U.S. National Championships he paired with Gus Touchard to win the 1911 doubles title and reach the 1912 doubles final. He also reached the doubles final in 1900, 1904 and 1908.
He committed suicide on July 29, 1932.