Ray Casey
{{short description|American tennis player and coach}}
{{for|the British geologist|Raymond Casey (geologist)}}
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| caption = Casey in 1924
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1900}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death year and age|1986|1900}}
| death_place = Palo Alto, California, U.S.
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| college = University of California, Berkeley
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| plays = Left-hand
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|Wimbledonresult = 4R (1925)
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| WimbledonDoublesresult = F (1925)
| CoachYears = 1950s-1960s
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Raymond J. Casey (1900 in San Francisco, California – 1986 in Palo Alto, California){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} was a top-ranked tennis player and coach.
Career
Casey was a 12-letter athlete at the University of California, Berkeley. A left-hander, he was considered to have one of the fastest serves in the world.{{cite news|date=July 23, 1926|title=Athletic World|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ0iAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA6&dq=Ray%20Casey%20fast%20serve&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q=Ray%20Casey%20fast%20serve&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}}
Casey won the Ojai championships in 1923 by beating Howard Godshall in the final.{{cite news|date=April 23, 1923|title=Ventura boys and girls are tennis victors|newspaper=Ventura Free Press|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MFP19230423.2.4|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}} He won the Oregon state title in 1924 by beating Phil Neer in the final.{{cite news|date=July 11, 1924|title=Neer loses Oregon title|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Z1XAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA16&dq=Casey%20oregon%20tennis&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q=Casey%20oregon%20tennis&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}} Casey won the Washington state title in 1924 by beating Leon De Turenne in the final.{{cite news|date=July 21, 1924|title=Californians win tennis tournament|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEgxAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA4&dq=Casey%20washington%20state%20tennis&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=Casey%20washington%20state%20tennis&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}} Casey won the British Columbia title in 1924 by beating A. S. Milne in the final.{{cite news|date=July 28, 1924|title=Miss Suhr wins title in British Columbia tennis|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1MiAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA4&dq=British%20columbia%20tennis%20casey&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=British%20columbia%20tennis%20casey&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}}
Casey won the Pacific Northwest title in 1924 by beating Neil Brown in the final, which was his fourth title in a month.{{cite news|date=August 11, 1924|title=Casey wins net title in North from Neil Brown|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OkgxAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA4&dq=Casey%20tennis&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=Casey%20tennis&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}} Later that year, he won the California state championships, beating Roland Roberts in the final.{{cite news|date=September 8, 1924|title=Helen Wills wins two state titles at close of record tournament|newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUgxAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA4&dq=casey%20tennis&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=casey%20tennis&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}} In 1925, Casey and John Hennessey reached the finals of the Wimbledon doubles. They lost in five sets to Jean Borotra and René Lacoste.{{cite news|date=July 7, 1925|title=Yank doubles team beaten at Wimbledon|newspaper=The Gazette Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KntIAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=Casey%20borotra%20lacoste%20wimbledon&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=Casey%20borotra%20lacoste%20wimbledon&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}} Casey lost in the last 16 of the singles to Lacoste.{{cite news|date=26 June 1925|title=Hennessey alone left in British net tilt|newspaper=Meriden Daily Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grhIAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA1&dq=Lacoste%20casey%20wimbledon&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=Lacoste%20casey%20wimbledon&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}}
Casey lost in the final of the Southern Californian tennis championships in 1927 to Jerry Stratford.{{cite news|date=June 24, 1927|title=Jerry Stratford beats Casey in Southern play|newspaper=The News|url=
https://books.google.com/books?id=b0oiAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA33&dq=Ray%20casey%20tennis&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q=Ray%20casey%20tennis&f=false|access-date=February 1, 2025|via=Google Books}}
Grand Slam finals
=Doubles (1 runner-up)=
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!Result !Year !style="width:140px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:140px"|Partner !style="width:140px"|Opponents !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score | ||||||
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1925 | style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} John F. Hennessey | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra {{flagicon|FRA}} René Lacoste | 4–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–1, 3–6 |
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/TW1057 London Newspaper Cartoon of Casey] at Wimbledon
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Category:American male tennis players
Category:Tennis coaches from California