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Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States.

Frederick Hovey

Full name	Frederick Howard Hovey
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1868-10-07)October 7, 1868 Newton Centre, MA, U.S.
Died	October 18, 1945(1945-10-18) (aged 77) Miami Beach, FL, U.S.
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)

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.[1][2] 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.[3][2] That same year Hovey was ranked No. 1 in the United States.[4]

In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame posthumously.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1892	U.S. Championships	Grass	Oliver Campbell	5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Robert Wrenn	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Robert Wrenn	5–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1893	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Campbell Robert Huntington	6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	1894	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Carr Neel Sam Neel	6–3, 8–6, 6–1
Loss	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Malcolm Chace Robert Wrenn	5–7, 1–6, 6–8

References

External links

• Frederick Hovey at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

На других языках

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[de] Fred Hovey

Frederick „Fred“ Howard Hovey (* 7. Oktober 1868 in Newton, Massachusetts; † 18. Oktober 1945 in Miami Beach) war ein US-amerikanischer Tennisspieler und Einzelsieger der US-Meisterschaften 1895.

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- [en] Frederick Hovey

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[es] Fred Hovey

Frederick "Fred" Howard Hovey (7 de octubre de 1868 - 18 de octubre de 1945) fue un jugador de tenis estadounidense que se destacó a fines del siglo XIX.

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