Robert Chauncey Seaver

Robert Chauncey Seaver
Country (sports) United States
Born(1877-01-08)January 8, 1877
Norfolk,USA
DiedMarch 25, 1944(1944-03-25) (aged 67)
Cohasset, USA
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQF (1903)

Robert Chauncey Seaver (1877-1944) was an American amateur tennis player of the early 20th Century.

In 1903 he reached the quarterfinal of the singles event at the U.S. National Championships.[1]

In 1905 he won the singles title at the Massachusetts Championship after a win over H.J. Holt in the final and a default by defending champion Beals Wright in the challenge round.[2] At the Cincinnati Masters, Seaver reached the singles final in 1907 before falling to Robert LeRoy, 8–6, 6–8, 6–2, 6–0.[3] In 1913 he won the singles title at the Great Lakes Championship, defeating T.W. Hendrick in the final. The following year, 1914, he lost his title in the final against Clarence Griffin.[4]

He married Edith S. Willard on February 19, 1912, in Longwood, Massachusetts.[5]

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual 1906 (PDF). New York: American Sports Publishing Company. 1906. pp. 79, 80. OCLC 43963027.
  3. ^ Phillip S. Smith. "From Club Court to Center Court – The Evolution of Professional Tennis in Cincinnati" (PDF). USTA. p. 278.
  4. ^ Ohnsorg, Roger W. (2011). Robert Lindley Murray: The Reluctant U.S. Tennis Champion. Victoria, BC: Trafford On Demand Pub. pp. 231, 335. ISBN 978-1426945144.
  5. ^ "Personal – Willard-Seaver Wedding Date Set". Boston Evening Transcript. January 6, 1912.


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