Fred Alexander

Alexander playing a low forehand volley
Full name	Frederick Beasley Alexander
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1880-08-14)August 14, 1880 Sea Bright,NJ, U.S.
Died	March 3, 1969(1969-03-03) (aged 88) Beverly Hills,CA, U.S.
Turned pro	1899 (amateur tour)
Retired	1920
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Princeton University
Int. Tennis HoF	1961(member page)
Singles
Career record	29–11
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1909,ITHF)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1908)
US Open	F (1908)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1908)
US Open	W (1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1917)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	F (1918)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1908Ch)

Frederick Beasley Alexander (August 14, 1880 – March 3, 1969) was an Americantennis player in the early 20th century. He won the singles title at the1908 Australasian Championships and six double titles at Grand Slam events.

In 1908, Alexander became the first foreigner to win the singles title at the Australasian/Australian Championships, the amateur precursor to theAustralian Open. He then teamed withAlfred Dunlop, the man he defeated in the final, to win the doubles.

Alexander attended Princeton University and won theIntercollegiate doubles championship in 1900 and the singles in 1901. Between 1904 and 1918, he was a U.S. top 10 player six times. He was a finalist in doubles at the U.S. Championships, precursor to theUS Open, seven straight times beginning in 1905. He and partnerHarold Hackett won the U.S. doubles each year from 1907 to 1910. At age 37, Alexander won again in 1917, partnering withHarold Throckmorton. In the singles, Alexander reached the all comers final in 1908, beatingWilliam Clothier, then losing toBeals Wright in straight sets.^[2]

He competed in the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1908, which lost the final against Australia at theAlbert Ground. Alexander lost both his singles matches againstNorman Brookes andAnthony Wilding as well as the doubles match against these two with his partnerBeals Wright.^[3]

In 1915, he wroteHow to Play Lawn Tennis, part of theSpalding's athletic library series.^[4]

Alexander was inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame in 1961.^[1]

• Men's Doubles champion: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1917

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1908	Australasian Championships	Grass	Alfred Dunlop	3–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1900	U.S. Championships	Grass	Raymond Little	Dwight Davis Holcombe Ward	4–6, 7–9, 10–12
Loss	1905	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	Holcombe Ward Beals Wright	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	1906	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	Holcombe Ward Beals Wright	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1907	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	Nat Thornton Bryan M. Grant	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Win	1908	Australasian Championships	Grass	Alfred Dunlop	G. G. Sharp Anthony Wilding	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Win	1908	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	Raymond Little Beals Wright	6–1, 7–5, 6–2
Win	1909	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	George Janes Maurice McLoughlin	6–4, 6–4, 6–0
Win	1910	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	Tom Bundy Trowridge Hendrick	6–1, 8–6, 6–3
Loss	1911	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Hackett	Raymond Little Gustav Touchard	5–7, 15–13, 2–6, 4–6
Win	1917	U.S. Championships	Grass	Harold Throckmorton	Harry Johnson Irving Wright	11–9, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1918	U.S. Championships	Grass	Beals Wright	Vincent Richards Bill Tilden	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6

• Fred Alexander at theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame
• Fred Alexander at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Fred Alexander at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Fred Alexander at theDavis Cup (archived)

• 1880 births
• 1969 deaths
• 19th-century male tennis players
• 19th-century American sportsmen
• American male tennis players
• Australasian Championships (tennis) champions
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
• International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
• People from Sea Bright, New Jersey
• Princeton Tigers men's tennis players
• Tennis players from Monmouth County, New Jersey
• United States National champions (tennis)
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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