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American tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nathaniel C. Emerson (25 October 1874 – 25 October 1958) was a top-ranked American amateur tennis player in the early 20th century.
Full name | Nathaniel C. Emerson |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | October 25, 1874 Cincinnati, Ohio |
Died | October 25, 1958 84) Memphis, Tennessee | (aged
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | SF (1908) |
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 25, 1874, to Henry Emerson Jr. & Eleanor Caldwell, he moved to Yakima, Washington by 1911, where he owned an apple orchard. Later he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he died on October 25, 1958, his 84th birthday.
He was ranked in the ranked in U.S. tennis top ten (No. 7) in 1908 and in the top 20 in 1909 (No. 17) and 1907 (No. 19). In the national doubles rankings, he was ranked No. 6 in 1908 and No. 9 in 1907.
He was a singles semifinalist at the 1908 U.S. National Championship (now known as the U.S. Open), and a doubles finalist at the U.S. National Championship in 1906 & 1908 (both times with L. Harry Waidner). They lost to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Fred Alexander and Harold Hackett in 1906, and Raymond D. Little and Beals Wright in 1908.
At the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters he:
Also, he was:
He was inducted into the Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.
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