Frederick Hovey

Frederick Hovey

Full name	Frederick Howard Hovey
Country (sports)	United States
Born	October 7, 1868 Newton Centre, MA, USA
Died	October 18, 1945 (aged 77) Miami Beach, FL, USA
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1974 (member page)
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 5 (1895, Karoly Mazak)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	W (1895)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1893, 1894)
Last updated on: September 17, 2012.

Frederick "Fred" Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868, Newton Centre, Massachusetts – 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4] 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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1892	U.S. Championships	Oliver Campbell	5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	1893	U.S. Championships	Robert Wrenn	4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1895	U.S. Championships	Robert Wrenn	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1896	U.S. Championships	Robert Wrenn	5–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1893	U.S. Championships	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Campbell Robert Huntington	6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	1894	U.S. Championships	Clarence Hobart	Carr Neel Sam Neel	6–3, 8–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1895	U.S. Championships	Clarence Hobart	Malcolm Chace Robert Wrenn	5–7, 1–6, 6–8

References

1. Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 23.
2. "Hobart and Hovey Champions" (PDF). The New York Times. July 30, 1893.
3. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 476. ISBN 978-0942257700.
4. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 455. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

• Frederick Hovey at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Tennis Archives Profile