Watson Washburn
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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|fullname = Watson McLean Washburn
|country = United States
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|birth_date = {{birth date |1894|06|13}}
|birth_place = New York City, New York, United States
|death_date = {{death date and age|1973|12|2|1894|06|13}}
|death_place = New York City, New York, United States
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|college = Harvard College
Columbia Law School{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/03/archives/watson-washburn-tennis-star-on-davis-cup-team-in-20s-dies-assistant.html | title=Watson Washburn, Tennis Star on Davis Cup Team in '20's, Dies | newspaper=The New York Times | date=December 3, 1973 }}
|turnedpro = 1910 (amateur tour
|retired = 1937
|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
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|tennishofyear = 1965
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|highestsinglesranking = No. 5 (U.S. ranking)
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|Wimbledonresult = QF (1924)
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|USOpenresult = QF (1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1920)
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|WimbledonDoublesresult = F (1924)
|USOpenDoublesresult = F (1921, 1923)
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|DavisCupresult = W (1921)
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File:Bundy, McGloughlin, Touchard, Washburn.jpg, Maurice Evans McLoughlin, Gustave F. Touchard and Watson Washburn circa 1914-1915]]
Watson McLean Washburn (June 13, 1894 – December 2, 1973) was an American tennis player who was in the top 10 in the US seven times between 1914 and 1922. He was also one of the founders of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 1965.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/watson-washburn |title=Watson Washburn |website=International Tennis Hall of Fame }} He also competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2797 |title=Watson Washburn |work=Olympedia |accessdate=July 11, 2020}}
Biography
He was born in Manhattan on June 13, 1894.
He was primarily a doubles player and teamed with Richard Norris Williams to take the Davis Cup in 1921. Also with Williams, he reached two US Championship finals and one at Wimbledon. He won the US Intercollegiate Doubles Championship in 1913 and the Indoor Doubles Championship in 1915. In July 1915, Washburn and Williams won the doubles title at the Eastern Tennis Championship in Brookline defeating Irving C. Wright and Wallace F. Johnson in four sets.{{cite news|title=Eastern Tennis Championship|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/08/01/104651177.pdf|accessdate=July 11, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 1, 1915}}
In 1917, Washburn joined the American Expeditionary Forces and served during World War I in France as a captain in the artillery.{{cite news|title=Watson Washburn Writes of Flourishing Tennis Prospects in European Lands|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4UNbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BVANAAAAIBAJ&dq=watson%20washburn%20tennis&pg=7110%2C1812252|accessdate=July 11, 2012|newspaper=Washington Daily News|date=January 21, 1919}}{{cite book|title=United States Lawn Tennis Association and the World War|url=https://archive.org/details/unitedstateslaw02ferrgoog|year=1921|publisher=Robert Hamilton Company|author=Paul B. Williams|page=[https://archive.org/details/unitedstateslaw02ferrgoog/page/n11 2]}}
In 1921, Washburn defeated Richard Norris Williams in the final of the Newport Casino Invitational in five sets.{{cite web|title=Washburn Victor in Tennis Final|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/08/07/107022290.pdf|work=The New York Times|accessdate=September 10, 2012|date=August 7, 1921}}
After his tennis career, he became an assistant state prosecutor.{{cite news|title=Watson Washburn, Tennis Star On Davis Cup Team in '20's, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/03/archives/watson-washburn-tennis-star-on-davis-cup-team-in-20s-dies-assistant.html|accessdate=July 11, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 3, 1973}}
Grand Slam finals
=Doubles (3 runners-up)=
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1921 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Richard Norris Williams | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Richards {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | 11–13, 10–12, 1–6 |
| style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1923 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Richard Norris Williams | {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Brian Norton {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1924 | Wimbledon | Grass | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Richard Norris Williams | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Hunter {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Richards | 3–6, 6–3, 10–8, 6–8, 3–6 |
References
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External links
- {{Tennis Hall of Fame}}
- {{ATP}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Davis Cup player}}
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Category:American male tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Manhattan
Category:Tennis players from New York City
Category:International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Olympic tennis players for the United States
Category:Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Harvard Crimson men's tennis players