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American tennis player and coach
George Lott
Full name
| George Martin Lott
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Country (sports)
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United States
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Born
| (
1906-10-16
)
October 16, 1906
Springfield, Illinois
, United States
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Died
| December 3, 1991
(1991-12-03)
(aged 85)
Chicago
, Illinois
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Turned pro
| 1934 (amateur tour from 1924)
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Retired
| 1946
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Plays
| Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
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Int. Tennis HoF
| 1964
(
member page
)
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Highest ranking
| No. 4 (1931, Zuricher Sport)
[1]
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French Open
| QF (
1931
)
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Wimbledon
| QF (
1929
,
1930
,
1934
)
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US Open
| F (
1931
)
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Professional majors
|
US Pro
| QF (
1938
)
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Wembley Pro
| QF (
1935
)
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French Open
| W
(1931)
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Wimbledon
| W
(1931, 1934)
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US Open
| W
(1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934)
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Wimbledon
| W
(1931)
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US Open
| W
(1929, 1931, 1934)
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Davis Cup
| F (
1929
,
1930
,
1934
)
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George Martin Lott
(October 16, 1906 ? December 3, 1991) was an American
tennis
player and tennis coach who was born in Springfield, Illinois. Lott is mostly remembered as being one of the great doubles players of all time. He won the U.S. title five times with three different partners:
John Hennessey
in 1928;
John Doeg
in 1929 and 1930; and
Les Stoefen
in 1933 and 1934.
At the U.S. championships singles in 1928, Lott beat
Christian Boussus
and
John Doeg
then lost to
Frank Hunter
in the semifinals.
[2]
In 1931, Lott beat defending champion Doeg in the semifinals, then lost to
Ellsworth Vines
in the final.
[2]
Lott won the Canadian Covered Court Championships four times. In 1927, he defeated Canadian
Willard Crocker
in a five-set final; in 1928, he defeated
Frank Shields
in straight sets in the final; in 1930, he defeated Frederic Mercur in a five-set final; and in 1931, he defeated
Berkeley Bell
in straight sets in the semifinals and
John Van Ryn
in a five-set final.
In 1928, he won the
Pinehurst Resort
title on clay, defeating Shields in the final in a five-set match.
In 1929 and 1930, he was ranked World No. 6 and No. 7 by
A Wallis Myers
;
[3]
[4]
No. 6 by Pierre Gillon in 1930;
[5]
and in 1931 was ranked No. 4 by Zuricher Sport.
[1]
In 1934, Lott became a touring professional, giving up his amateur status and the ability to play in Grand Slam tournaments. He signed a professional contract in November 1934 with promoter Bill O'Brien and in January 1935 and started a series of head-to-head matches against
Bill Tilden
; by March, he trailed Tilden 5?26.
[6]
[7]
Lott was the men's tennis coach at [DePaul University from 1969 until his death in Chicago on December 3, 1991.
[8]
[9]
He had been inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.
[10]
Lott was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame
in 1964.
[11]
Grand Slam finals
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Singles (1 runner-up)
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Doubles (8 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result
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Year
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Championship
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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Win
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1928
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U.S. National Championships
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Grass
|
John Hennessey
|
Gerald Patterson
Jack Hawkes
|
6?2, 6?1, 6?2
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Win
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1929
|
U.S. National Championships
|
Grass
|
John Doeg
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Berkeley Bell
Lewis White
|
10?8, 16?14, 6?1
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Loss
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1930
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Wimbledon
|
Grass
|
John Doeg
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John Van Ryn
Wilmer Allison
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3?6, 3?6, 2?6
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Win
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1930
|
U.S. National Championships
|
Grass
|
John Doeg
|
John Van Ryn
Wilmer Allison
|
8?6, 6?3, 4?6, 13?15, 6?4
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Win
|
1931
|
French Championships
|
Clay
|
John Van Ryn
|
Vernon Kirby
Norman Farquharson
|
6?4, 6?3, 6?4
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Win
|
1931
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Wimbledon
|
Grass
|
John Van Ryn
|
Jacques Brugnon
Henri Cochet
|
6?2, 10?8, 9?11, 3?6, 6?3
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Win
|
1933
|
U.S. National Championships
|
Grass
|
Lester Stoefen
|
Frank Shields
Frank Parker
|
11?13, 9?7, 9?7, 6?3
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Win
|
1934
|
Wimbledon
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Grass
|
Lester Stoefen
|
Jean Borotra
Jacques Brugnon
|
6?2, 6?3, 6?4
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Win
|
1934
|
U.S. National Championships
|
Grass
|
Lester Stoefen
|
Wilmer Allison
John Van Ryn
|
6?4, 9?7, 3?6, 6?4
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Mixed doubles (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Other tennis achievements
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- Davis Cup
team member ? 1928?31, 1933?34
- The first player, and one of only four (
Bobby Riggs
,
Mats Wilander
and
Roger Federer
being the other three), to win the tournament now known as the
Cincinnati Masters
four times: 1924, 1925, 1927 and 1932. Also won the doubles title in 1924 (with Jack Harris) and 1925 (with Thomas McGlinn) and was a singles finalist in 1926 and a doubles finalist (with Thomas Johnson) in 1927.
References
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]
- ^
a
b
Bela Kehrling
, ed. (October 1, 1931).
"Kulfoldi hirek"
[International news]
(PDF)
.
Tennisz es Golf
. III (in Hungarian). 18?19.
Budapest
, Hungary: Egyesult K?-, Konyvnyomda, Konyv- es Lapkiado Rt: 3?9
. Retrieved
January 25,
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Talbert, Bill
(1967).
Tennis Observed
. Boston: Barre Publishers. pp. 106, 109.
OCLC
172306
.
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"Tilden Ranks Fourth in London Telegraph Rankings"
,
The Toledo News-Bee
, September 19, 1929.
- ^
Bela Kehrling
, ed. (November 20, 1930).
"tennis and golf"
(PDF)
.
Tennisz es Golf
(in Hungarian).
II
(21). Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gabor irod. es Nyomdai RT
. Retrieved
December 3,
2012
.
- ^
Bela Kehrling
, ed. (October 22, 1930).
"Kulfoldi hirek"
[International news]
(PDF)
.
Tennisz es Golf
. II (in Hungarian). 19?20. Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gabor Irod. es Nyomdai R.T.: 375
. Retrieved
November 30,
2012
.
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McCauley, Joe (2000).
The History of Professional Tennis
. Windsor: The Short Run Book Company Limited. pp. 25?26.
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Howard Barry (January 26, 1935).
"Tilden and Lott play tonight on Armory courts"
.
Chicago Daily Tribune
.
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"George Lott, Tennis coach, 85" (obituary),
The New York Times
, Wednesday, December 4, 1991.
.
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"Three-time Wimbledon winner George Lott dead at 85"
. UPI. December 3, 1991.
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"Hall of Fame ? DePaul University Athletics"
. Archived from
the original
on August 16, 2017
. Retrieved
November 13,
2012
.
- ^
"Hall of Famers ? George Lott"
. International Tennis Hall of Fame. Archived from
the original
on June 15, 2012
. Retrieved
July 3,
2012
.
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