| Full name | John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | December 7, 1908 Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico |
| Died | April 27, 1978 (aged 69) Redding, California, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
| Turned pro | 1927 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1940 |
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1962 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (1930)[2] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | SF (1930) |
| US Open | W (1930) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1930) |
| US Open | W (1929, 1930) |
John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg (December 7, 1908 – April 27, 1978) was a male tennis player from the United States.
In August 1929 Doeg won the singles title at the Seabright Invitational defeating Richard Norris Williams in three straight sets.[3] About a year later, he fulfilled his promise and won his first and only major singles tournament, the 1930 U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, defeating Frank Hunter in the quarterfinals, Bill Tilden in the semifinals and Frank Shields in the final in four sets.[4] He proceeded to reach a career-high singles world ranking of No. 4 in the same year.[2]
In 1962, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Doeg was the son of tennis player Violet Sutton and the nephew of Wimbledon and U.S. National singles tennis champion May Sutton. Born in Mexico, he became a U.S. citizen in 1933.[5]
- ^ "Details About Players". American Lawn Tennis. New York. September 5, 1932.
- ^ a b Kehrling Béla, ed. (November 20, 1930). "A világ legjobb tiz férfijátékosa" [The World's Top 10 Male Players] (PDF). Tennisz és Golf (in Hungarian). II (21). Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai RT: 398. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ "Doeg Becomes One of Tennis Ranking Stars". Miami News. August 3, 1929.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 108. OCLC 172306.
- ^ "John H. Doeg, 69, Won 1930 Title as U.S. Singles Tennis Champion". New York Times. June 2, 1978.