Bob Huntington
Poughkeepsie, NY | |
College | Yale University |
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Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | SF (1890, 1902) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1891, 1892) |
Robert Palmer Huntington Jr. (January 15, 1869 – March 12, 1949) was an American tennis player. He was the grandson of New York born Indiana pioneer Judge Elisha Mills Huntington.
Architectural career
Huntington joined the architectural firm of
Tennis career
An 1891 graduate from Yale University,[2] Huntington won the singles title at the New England Championship in 1890, and the intercollegiate tennis singles title in 1889.[3]
In 1891 and 1892 he won the men's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships together with compatriot Oliver Campbell.[4] In the singles tournament he reached the semifinals in 1890, losing to his doubles partner and eventual champion Oliver Campbell, and again more than a decade later in 1902, losing in four sets to Malcolm Whitman. Huntington also reached the quarterfinals in 1899 and 1903.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1891 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Oliver Campbell | Valentine Hall Clarence Hobart |
6–3, 6–4, 8–6 |
Win | 1892 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Oliver Campbell | Edward L. Hall Valentine Hall |
6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1893 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Oliver Campbell | Fred Hovey |
3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
See also
References
- ^ Bryan, John (November 6, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places nomination form - Gravel Hill Plantation" (PDF). South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ "Yale University Obituary Record 1948-1949" (PDF). Yale University. January 1, 1950. p. 18. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "History of the Ivy League". Council of Ivy League Presidents. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "Campbell and Huntington" (PDF). The New York Times. August 25, 1892. Retrieved May 9, 2012.