Francis Hunter

Frank Hunter
Francis Hunter (left) with Daniel Prenn, 1929
Full nameFrancis Townsend Hunter
Country (sports)United States
Born(1894-06-28)June 28, 1894
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 1981(1981-12-02) (aged 87)
Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Turned pro1931 (amateur tour from 1915)
Retired1944
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1961 (member page)
Singles
Career record480-152 (75.9%) [1]
Career titles24 [1]
Highest rankingNo. 4 (1929, A. Wallis Myers)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1929)
WimbledonF (1923)
US OpenF (1928, 1929)
Professional majors
US ProF (1933)
Doubles
Career recordno value
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonW (1924, 1927)
US OpenW (1927)
Other doubles tournaments
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1928, 1929)
WimbledonW (1927, 1929)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Doubles

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.

  1. ^ a b "Frank Hunter: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Francis Hunter". Olympedia. Retrieved November 21, 2021.