Robert LeRoy
 LeRoy in 1904 | |||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 7, 1885 New York City | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 7, 1946 (aged 61) New York City | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1901 (amateur tour) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| College | Columbia University | ||||||||||||||
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| US Open | F (1907) | ||||||||||||||
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Robert LeRoy (February 7, 1885 – September 7, 1946) was a tennis player from New York City in the United States, who won two medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. He won a Silver medal in both the men's singles event and the men's doubles tournament, partnering Alphonzo Bell.[1][2]
Tennis career
He played collegiate tennis at Columbia University, where in 1904 and 1906 he won the National Collegiate Athletics Association singles championship. In 1907, he was a singles finalist at the U.S. National Championships, now known as the US Open. In the semi finals against Henry Mollenhauer, LeRoy trailed 2 sets to 1 and 5–2 and Mollenhauer had two match points. A questionable line call and his opponent suffering from cramps allowed LeRoy to reach the final,[3] where he lost in straight sets to eventual seven times champion William Larned.[4] He also won three consecutive singles titles (1907–1909) at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters.[5]
References
- ^ Sports Reference Olympics Profile
- ^ "Robert LeRoy". Olympedia. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "28 Aug 1907, Page 17, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 79. OCLC 172306.
- ^ Smith, Phillip S. (2012). "From Club Court to Center Court: The Evolution of Tennis in Cincinnati", 2012 Edition.