Robert Wrenn
American tennis player (1873–1925) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Duffield Wrenn (September 20, 1873 – November 12, 1925) was an American left-handed tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first inductees in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[2]
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Full name | Robert Duffield Wrenn |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | (1873-09-20)September 20, 1873 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | November 12, 1925(1925-11-12) (aged 52) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Retired | 1903 |
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1955 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 111–40 (70.5%)[1] |
Career titles | 11[1] |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1897, ITHF)[2] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | W (1893, 1894, 1896, 1897) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1895) |
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