Frederick Hovey

Frederick Hovey
Full name	Frederick Howard Hovey
Country (sports)	United States
Born	October 7, 1868; Newton Centre, MA, U.S.
Died	October 18, 1945 (aged 77); Miami Beach, FL, U.S.
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1974 (member page)
Singles
Career record	121–42 (74.23%)
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	1
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	W (1895)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	W (1893, 1894)

Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a former World No 1 American tennis player.^[1]

Biography

Hovey was born on October 7, 1868, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. His brother was George Rice Hovey,^[2] and his father was Alvah Hovey.

Hovey won the NCAA men's singles championship in 1890 while attending Harvard University.

In 1893 Hovey won the men's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with his partner Clarence Hobart with a victory over Oliver Campbell and Robert Huntington.^[3]^[4] In 1895 he won the men's title at the U.S. National Championships after defeating Robert Wrenn in three straight sets in the Challenge Round.^[5]^[4] That same year Hovey was ranked No. 1 in the United States.^[6]

He died on October 18, 1945, in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame posthumously.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1892	U.S. Championships	Grass	Oliver Campbell	5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Robert Wrenn	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1896	U.S. Championships	Grass	Robert Wrenn	5–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1893	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Campbell Robert Huntington	6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	1894	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Carr Neel Sam Neel	6–3, 8–6, 6–1
Loss	1895	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Malcolm Chace Robert Wrenn	5–7, 1–6, 6–8

^ The Greatest Tennis Players of All Time From Massachusetts. World Tennis Magazine. (February 14, 2023). Online Source:https://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/tag/frederick-hovey
^ Junot, Jim (April 13, 2011). "Who Was Hovey?". Virginia Union University Athletics.
^ "Hobart and Hovey Champions" (PDF). The New York Times. July 30, 1893.
^ ^a ^b Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 483, 505. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 70. OCLC 172306.
^ "Year-end rankings: Top 10 U.S. Men". United States Tennis Association. January 1, 2017.