 Francis Hunter (left) with Daniel Prenn, 1929 | |||||||||
| Full name | Francis Townsend Hunter | ||||||||
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| Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||
| Born | June 28, 1894 New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | December 2, 1981 (aged 87) Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Turned pro | 1931 (amateur tour from 1915) | ||||||||
| Retired | 1944 | ||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) | ||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1961 (member page) | ||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||
| Career record | 480-152 (75.9%) [1] | ||||||||
| Career titles | 24 [1] | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (1929, A. Wallis Myers)[2] | ||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
| French Open | QF (1929) | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1923) | ||||||||
| US Open | F (1928, 1929) | ||||||||
| Professional majors | |||||||||
| US Pro | F (1933) | ||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||
| Career record | no value | ||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1924, 1927) | ||||||||
| US Open | W (1927) | ||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||
| French Open | F (1928, 1929) | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1927, 1929) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Francis "Frank" Townsend Hunter (June 28, 1894 – December 2, 1981) was an American tennis player who won an Olympic gold medal.[3] He won the U.S. National Indoor Championships in 1922 and 1930 and the Eastern Clay Court Championships in 1919.
- ^ a b "Frank Hunter: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Béla Kehrling, ed. (October 10, 1929). "Wallis Meyers a világ legjobb tenniszezőiröl" [Wallis Myers about the best players in the world] (PDF). Tennisz és Golf (in Hungarian). I (11). Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai Rt.: 262–263. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ "Francis Hunter". Olympedia. Retrieved November 21, 2021.