Robert LeRoy
Country (sports) | United States | |||||||||||||
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Born | February 7, 1885 New York City | |||||||||||||
Died | September 7, 1946 New York City | (aged 61)|||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1901 (amateur tour) | |||||||||||||
Retired | 1931 | |||||||||||||
College | Columbia University | |||||||||||||
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US Open | F (1907) | |||||||||||||
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Robert LeRoy (February 7, 1885 – September 7, 1946) was a tennis player from New York City in the United States, who won two medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. He won a Silver medal in both the men's singles event and the men's doubles tournament, partnering Alphonzo Bell.[1][2]
Tennis career[]
He played collegiate tennis at Columbia University, where in 1904 and 1906 he won the National Collegiate Athletics Association singles championship. In 1907, he was a singles finalist at the U.S. National Championships, now known as the US Open. In the semi finals against Henry Mollenhauer, LeRoy trailed 2 sets to 1 and 5–2 and Mollenhauer had two match points. A questionable line call and his opponent suffering from cramps allowed LeRoy to reach the final,[3] where he lost in straight sets to eventual seven times champion William Larned.[4] He also won three consecutive singles titles (1907–1909) at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters.[5]
References[]
- ^ Sports Reference Olympics Profile
- ^ "Robert LeRoy". Olympedia. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "28 Aug 1907, Page 17, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 79. OCLC 172306.
- ^ Smith, Phillip S. (2012). "From Club Court to Center Court: The Evolution of Tennis in Cincinnati", 2012 Edition.
- 1885 births
- 1946 deaths
- American male tennis players
- Columbia Lions men's tennis players
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in tennis
- Tennis people from New York (state)
- Tennis players at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics