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Revision as of 23:49, 20 January 2013
Full name | Leonard Everett Ware |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Roxbury, MA, USA | September 27, 1876
Died | December 28, 1914[1] Elizabeth, NJ, USA | (aged 38)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | SF (1897, 1898, 1899, 1901) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1897, 1898) |
Last updated on: 19 April 2012. |
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Leo Everett Ware (Sep 27, 1897 – Dec 28, 1914) was an American male tennis player of Canadian origin. He won two titles at the U.S. National Championships tennis at the Newport Casino.
Ware graduated from Harvard in 1899 and represented Harvard in the intercollegiate tennis tournament, winning in the men's doubles in 1896, 1897 and 1898 and in the singles in 1898.[2][3]
He won the Canadian championship in 1897 and 1898.
Grand Slam record
U.S. National Championships
- Doubles champion: 1897, 1898
- Doubles finalist: 1899, 1901
Grand Slam doubles finals
Titles (2)
Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1897 | U.S. Championships | Grass | George Sheldon | Harold Mahony Harold Nisbet |
11–13, 6–2, 9–7, 1–6, 6–1 |
1898 | U.S. Championships | Grass | George Sheldon | Holcombe Ward Dwight Davis |
1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
Runner-ups (2)
Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1899 | U.S. Championships | Grass | George Sheldon | Holcombe Ward Dwight F. Davis |
4–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
1901 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Beals Wright | Holcombe Ward Dwight F. Davis |
3–6, 7–9, 1–6 |
External links
References
- ^ "Leonard E. Ware Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "NCAA Championships (1883-1956)". Council of Ivy League Presidents. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 455, 456, 476. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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