Frederick Hovey

Frederick Hovey
Full name	Frederick Howard Hovey
Country	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)
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 record [edit]

Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
1895	U.S. Championships	Robert Wrenn	6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1893	U.S. National Championships	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Campbell Robert Huntington	6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1894	U.S. National Championships	Clarence Hobart	Carr Neel Sam Neel	6–3, 8–6, 6–1

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1895	U.S. Championships	Clarence Hobart	Malcolm Chace Robert Wrenn	5–7, 1–6, 6–8

^ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 23.
^ "Hobart and Hovey Champions" (PDF). The New York Times. July 30, 18. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 476. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 455. ISBN 978-0942257700.

Persondata
Name	Hovey, Fred
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	October 7, 1868
Place of birth	Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Date of death	October 18, 1945
Place of death	Miami Beach, Florida