Irving Wright

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1882|05|13}}

|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States

|death_date = 23 June 1953 (aged 71){{cite web|title=The Tampa Tribune, June 24 1953, Page 22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/327754130/|website=Newspapers.com}}

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Irving Christian Wright (1882–1953) was an American male tennis player who was active in the early 20th century.

Career

In 1907 Irving won the Long Island Lawn Tennis Championship.{{cite news|title=Tennis Title Goes to Boston Player|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/05/26/106708598.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 26, 1907|format=PDF}}

In 1917 he won the U.S. National Championship mixed doubles championship with Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt by defeating Bill Tilden and Florence Ballin in three sets. The next year he successfully defended the title, this time partnering Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, winning against Molla Bjurstedt and Fred Alexander in straight sets.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|authorlink=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=481}}

In 1917 he also reached the final of the U.S. National Championship men's doubles competition with Harry Johnson but lost in straight sets to Fred Alexander and Harold Throckmorton.

Irving was the son of George Wright, an American baseball pioneer and one of the founders of the Wright & Ditson sporting goods firm and the brother of U.S. Championship winner and Olympic gold medalist Beals Wright. Together they won the men's doubles title at the Canadian Tennis Championship four times (1902, 1903, 1904, 1905).{{cite news|title=Wright Brothers Win at Tennis|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/07/13/101276732.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 13, 1902|format=PDF}} Irving Wright was president of Longwood Cricket Club and vice president of A. G. Spalding.