Full name | Francis Townsend Hunter | ||||||||
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Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||
Born | New York, New York, U.S. | June 28, 1894||||||||
Died | December 2, 1981 Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | (aged 87)||||||||
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.