Wylie Cameron Grant
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Wylie Cameron Grant (November 24, 1879 – November 1968) was an American tennis champion.[1]
In 1902 and 1904 he won the U.S. National Championships mixed doubles title together with Elisabeth Moore.
Biography [edit]
He was born on November 24, 1879.[2] In 1905 he and Edward Dewhurst made it to the final round of the lawn tennis doubles championship at the St. Nicholas Rink.
In 1914 he and G.C. Shafer took the title from Gustave F. Touchard and William B. Cragin, Jr., in the championship round of the men's tennis indoor doubles in New York City.[3]
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References [edit]
- ^ "Wrenn Brothers Lose In Fast Tennis Match". New York Times. April 18, 1905. Retrieved 2010-08-22. "Dashing racquet work backed by accurate play brought Holcombe Ward and Beals C. Wright, the national champion, and Wylie Cameron Grant and Edward B. Dewhurst through to the final round of the lawn tennis doubles yesterday on the courts of the St. Nicholas Rink."
- ^ World War I draft registration
- ^ "Grant And Shafer Hold Tennis Title. Indoor Doubles Champions Defeat Touchard and Cragin, 3 Sets to 2". New York Times. February 22, 1914. Retrieved 2010-08-22. "The steadiness of G.C. Shafer and the smashing of Wylie C. Grant proved too much for Gustave F. Touchard and William B. Cragin, Jr., in the championship round of the men's indoor doubles yesterday on the Seventh Armory courts, Sixty-sixth Street and Park Avenue."
