Beals Wright

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Beals Wright
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Wright circa 1915
Full nameBeals Coleman Wright
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Alton, Illinois, United States
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1956 (member page)
Singles
Career record254–70 (78.4%)[1]
Career titles27[1]
Highest rankingNo. 2 (1905, ITHF)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
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US OpenW (1905)
Doubles
Career recordincomplete
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonF (1907)
US OpenW (1904, 1905, 1906)
Medal record
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Olympic Games – Tennis
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Singles
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Doubles

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Beals Coleman Wright (December 19, 1879 – August 23, 1961) was an American tennis player who was active at the end of the 1890s and early 1900s. He won the singles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championships. Wright was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and the older brother of American tennis player Irving Wright.[3][4]

File:Anthony Wilding and Beals Wright, Wimbledon 1910.jpg
1910 Wimbledon All Comers' Final against Tony Wilding

Biography

Beals was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 19, 1879, to George Wright, the shortstop for the Cincinnati Red Stockings and founder of the sporting goods store Wright & Ditson.[5] Beals was the brother of Irving Wright, the 1917 and 1918 U.S. Championship mixed doubles champion. Together they won the men's doubles title at the Canadian Tennis Championship four times (1902, 1903, 1904, 1905).[6] Beals was the nephew of baseball pioneer Harry Wright.

In 1899 Beals Wright traveled with his father to California where he played at the Delmonte Tennis Championship in Monterey. George Wright managed the team the same year he coached at Harvard. Two Harvard University players participated in the DelMonte Tournament-the first time east coast players took on California tennis champions.[citation needed]

Wright played at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and won gold medals in both the singles and doubles competition.[7] He also won three consecutive singles titles (1904–1906) at the Tri-State Tennis Tournament (now Cincinnati Open), and reached the doubles final (with Edgar Leonard) in 1904.

Wright won the Canadian International Championships, played in Niagara-on-the-Lake, in 1902, 1903 and 1904.[6] In 1902 he won the Niagara International Tennis Tournament, also played in Niagara-on-the-Lake, by defeating Harold Hackett in the final in five sets and the default of Raymond Little in the challenge round.[8]

Wright's most important victory came in 1905 when he won the men's singles title at the U.S. National Championships by defeating reigning champion Holcombe Ward in the Challenge Round in straight sets 6–2, 6–1, 11–9.[9]

In 1915 he was hit by an errant baseball during a baseball game.[10] In 1921 he was arrested following a car accident.[11]

Beals Wright was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1956. He died in Alton, Illinois, on August 23, 1961.[2][3]

Playing style

In their book R.F. and H.L. Doherty - On Lawn Tennis (1903) multiple Wimbledon champions Reginald and Lawrence Doherty described Wright's playing style:

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Beals Wright is certainly the best in America at low volleys, and is very good overhead. His volleying is distinctly superior to his ground strokes, and his forehand somewhat stronger than his backhand. He has a good service, which he follows up to the net.

On Lawn Tennis - 1903[12]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1901 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon William Larned 2–6, 8–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1905 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Holcombe Ward 6–2, 6–1, 11–9
Loss 1906 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon William Clothier 3–6, 0–6, 4–6
Loss 1908 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon William Larned 1–6, 2–6, 6–8

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1901 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Leo Ware Template:Flagicon Dwight Davis
Template:Flagicon Holcombe Ward		 3–6, 7–9, 1–6
Win 1904 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Holcombe Ward Template:Flagicon Kreigh Collins
Template:Flagicon Raymond Little		 1–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 1905 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Holcombe Ward Template:Flagicon Fred Alexander
Template:Flagicon Harold Hackett		 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
Win 1906 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Holcombe Ward Template:Flagicon Fred Alexander
Template:Flagicon Harold Hackett		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1907 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Karl Behr Template:Flagicon Norman Brookes
Template:Flagicon Anthony Wilding		 4–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1908 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Raymond Little Template:Flagicon Fred Alexander
Template:Flagicon Harold Hackett		 1–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 1918 U.S. National Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Fred Alexander Template:Flagicon Vincent Richards
Template:Flagicon Bill Tilden		 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH

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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Events with a challenge round: (WC) won; (CR) lost the challenge round; (FA) all comers' finalist

1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
French Only for French club members Not held 0 / 0 0–0 –
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A 4R A 1R A A FA A A A A Not held 0 / 3 7–3 70.0
U.S. 3R 2R 3R SF F 4R 2R QF WC CR A CR A FA FA A A A A A A 4R 1 / 14 50–13 79.4
Australian Not held A A A A A A A A A A A Not held 0 / 0 0–0 –
Win–loss 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 9–1 0–1 0–1 7–1 12–2 7–1 2–1 1 / 17 57–16 78.1
National representation
Olympics Not held A Not held G Not held A A Not held A A Not held 1 / 1 5–0 100.0

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beals Wright:Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hall of Famers - Beals Wright". 1 International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beals C. Wright, 82, Former Tennis Star". The New York Times. August 24, 1961.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beals Wright". Olympedia. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baltzell, E. Digby (2013). Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Somerset, NJ: Transaction Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 978-1412851800.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wright Brothers Win at Tennis" (PDF). The New York Times. July 13, 1902.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beals Wright Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ohnsorg, Roger W. (February 2011). Robert Lindley Murray: The Reluctant U.S. Tennis Champion. Victoria, BC: Trafford On Demand Pub. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4269-4514-4.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beals C. Wright Injured". The New York Times. July 25, 1915.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beals C. Wright Arrested. Ex-National Tennis Champion Bumps Motor Car And Carriage". The New York Times. June 21, 1921.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Doherty, R.F. (1903). R.F. and H.L. Doherty on Lawn Tennis (1st ed.). London: Lawn Tennis. p. 63.

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