Frederick Hovey
Encyclopedia
Frederick "Fred" Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
– October 18, 1945) was a male tennis
player from the United States
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Hovey won the NCAA men's singles championship in 1890 while attending Harvard University
.
In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
posthumously.
U.S. Championships
Massachusetts
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– October 18, 1945) was a male tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Hovey won the NCAA men's singles championship in 1890 while attending Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
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In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
posthumously.
U.S. ChampionshipsU.S. Open (tennis)The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
- Singles champion: 1895
- Singles finalist: 1892, 1993, 1996
- Doubles champion: 1893, 1894
- Doubles finalist: 1895
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1895 | U.S. Championships U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
 Robert WrennRobert Wrenn ----Robert "Bob" Duffield Wrenn was a left-handed American tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first "enshrinees" in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.... |
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
Runner-ups (3)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1892 | U.S. Championships | Oliver Campbell Oliver Campbell Oliver Edward Michael Campbell was an American male tennis player.... |
7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1893 | U.S. Championships | Robert Wrenn Robert Wrenn ----Robert "Bob" Duffield Wrenn was a left-handed American tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first "enshrinees" in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.... |
6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1896 | U.S. Championships | Robert Wrenn |
7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-1 |