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Dwight F. Davis

Dwight Filley Davis was an American tennis Tennis

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 player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup Davis Cup

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 international tennis competition. Davis was born St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri

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, Missouri Missouri

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. He was the runner-up for the men's singles title at the US Championships in 1898. He then teamed-up with Holcombe Ward won the men's doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899-1901. Davis and Ward were also men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon

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 in 1901. In 1900, Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor.

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Dwight Filley Davis was an American tennis Tennis

Tennis is a game played between either two players or two teams of two players .... 

 player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis [i].... 

 international tennis competition.

Davis was born St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis , sometimes written Saint Louis, encompasses an independent city [i] in the U.S. state [i] ... 

, Missouri Missouri

Missouri named after the Missouri Siouan [i] Indian tribe meaning "town of the large canoes", is a cent... 

. He was the runner-up for the men's singles title at the US Championships in 1898. He then teamed-up with Holcombe Ward won the men's doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899-1901. Davis and Ward were also men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply "Wimbledon", is the oldest and arguab... 

 in 1901.

In 1900, Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor. He was a member of the US team that won the first two competitions in 1900 and 1902, and was also the captain of the 1900 team.

Though educated as a lawyer, Davis was never a practicing attorney. He was, however, politically active in his home town of St. Louis and served as the city's public parks commissioner from 1911 to 1915. During his tenure, he expanded athletic facilities and created the first municipal tennis courts in the United States United States

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. He served President Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge

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 as Assistant Secretary of War and then as Secretary of War and then served as Governor General of the Philippines . Davis died in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.

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 in 1945.

Davis has been honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

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