James
Dwight
Male
United States of America
1852-07-14
Paris, France
1917-07-13
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Father of American Tennis, Dr. Dwight was instrumental in establishing tennis as an authentic competitive sport in the United States. A member of the first USNLTA Executive Committee, he was President of the fledgling organization from 1882-1884, and again from 1894 to 1911. And yet, he was a highly respectable player as well, winning the U.S. Doubles Championships on five occasions, and he served ably as Referee at the U.S.
1882 - 1913
12
120
90
1887 - Leamington (Amateur)
1886 - West of England Championships (Amateur)
1885 - Brincliffe Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (Amateur)
1885 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
1885 - Brookfield (Amateur)
1885 - Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament (Open)
1885 - Leamington (Amateur)
1885 - Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (Amateur)
1884 - US Lawn Tennis Championships Doubles (Grandslam)
1884 - Longwood Bowl (Amateur)
1883 - US Lawn Tennis Championships Doubles (Grandslam)
1882 - US Lawn Tennis Championships Doubles (Grandslam)
Preliminary Round
George Colket Caner 1 *
James Dwight
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Frederick Winslow Taylor
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
Emerson B. Tuttle
6-1
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
James Dwight
4-6
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
12-10
6-2
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-2
6-1
Final
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Dwight
3-6
6-3
6-1
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Mark Anthony Hartnell
6-3
10-8
6-3
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
James Baldwin
3-6
3-6
6-3
7-5
6-1
Final
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
James Dwight
3-6
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Archibald Thomson 1 *
James Dwight
w.o.
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
Charles Edward Nesham
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Thomas Robinson Grey
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion 1 *
James Dwight
6-1
5-6
6-3
Round 1
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Dwight
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Walter Coventry
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
J. Goodacre
6-1
6-1
Final
James Dwight 1 *
L. Richardson
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
James Dwight
0-6
3-6
6-1
6-2
13-11
Preliminary Round
James Dwight 1 *
Charles Henry Chaytor
6-3
3-6
6-1
6-0
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Arthur John de Courcy Wilson
7-5
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
6-2
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
James Dwight
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-3
3-6
6-2
1-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
5-6
4-6
6-3
6-5
6-3
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Edward G. Meyricke
w.o.
Final
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Dwight
6-3
6-2
2-6
9-7
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
1-6
6-3
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Mark Anthony Hartnell
6-1
6-0
6-1
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
6-4
6-3
6-4
Challenge Round
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
James Dwight
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
6-0
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
James Dwight
6-0
6-5
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
E. Cotton
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
Archibald Thomson
6-1
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
6-3
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Fortescue Lawford 1 *
James Dwight
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
J.Butler Robinson
6-3
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
James Dwight
4-6
11-9
6-1
6-1
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Hamilton A. Emmons
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
William C. Taylor
3-6
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Dwight
6-2
6-3
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
A.E. Daldy
6-1
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
E.H. Nicolls
6-2
7-5
6-0
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
William C. Taylor
3-6
6-1
7-5
6-3
Final
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Dwight
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Lionel Wilberforce
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Sidney Alfred Noon
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
James Dwight
2-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Charles Frederick Latham
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
Thomas Robinson Grey
6-4
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Jacob Gaitskell Brown
6-1
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Ernest W. Fletcher
6-1
6-3
6-4
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
8-6
6-0
6-4
Challenge Round
James Dwight 1 *
Donald Charles Stewart
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
R. Deane
6-0
6-2
Round 3
James Dwight 1 *
George Reston Brewerton
6-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Thomas Makin Draper
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Walter Reid Craig
6-2
6-3
Final
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
James Dwight
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
6-2
6-4
Final
James Dwight 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Windsor Richard Heneage
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Hamilton A. Emmons
6-2
6-3
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Alfred Henry Betham
6-1
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
John George Thursfield 1 *
James Dwight
w.o.
Semifinals
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Dwight
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
H. Langton
6-0
6-1
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
7-5
6-3
7-5
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
J.W. Peters
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
E.G. Easton
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
H. Pritchard
6-3
6-2
6-1
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams
6-4
1-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
w.o.
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-5
6-2
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
2-6
6-1
6-3
6-4
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Francis Joseph Ridgway
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Chipp 1 *
James Dwight
6-1
2-6
6-3
3-6
7-5
Round 2
W.B. Eaton 1 *
James Dwight
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Palmer Ellis Presbrey
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
C.C. Wheelwright
6-2
?
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.
?
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Robert Rawnsley Bowles
6-2
6-0
ret.
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
A. Taylor
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Herbert Knox McKay 1 *
James Dwight
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Donald Charles Stewart 1 *
James Dwight
2-6
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
S. H. Hooper
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Richard Field Conover
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Clarence Monroe Straight Clark
6-1
1-6
6-1
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Alexander Van Rensselaer
6-4
6-1
8-10
6-4
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Wallace Percy Knapp
6-4
6-3
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
C.F. Watson
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
James Dwight
4-6
3-2
ret.
(Dwight
retired
because
of
the
heat)
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Henry Edwin Caldecott
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
Joseph Bruce Ismay
6-0
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
F. Rathbone
6-1
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Donald Charles Stewart 1 *
James Dwight
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
M. Thomas
6-0
6-2
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Richard Field Conover
6-4
6-3
Final
Richard Dudley Sears 1 *
James Dwight
6-2
6-0
9-7
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
George Smith
6-4
6-1
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
P.H. Hill
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Richard Dudley Sears
w.o.
Final
Joseph Sill Clark 1 *
James Dwight
6-4
6-3
5-7
6-4
Unknown
James Dwight 1 *
Harry Farnum
6-5
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Foxhall Parker Keene
6-2
6-0
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Alexander Van Rensselaer
6-0
6-2
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
W.H. Boardman
6-1
6-0
Round 2
James Dwight 1 *
G.C. Allen
w.o.
Round 3
James Dwight 1 *
Joseph Sill Clark
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Clarence Monroe Straight Clark 1 *
James Dwight
w.o.
Round 1
James Dwight 1 *
Mr. Robie
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Edward H. Gray
6-5
6-2
Semifinals
Warren W. Smith 1 *
James Dwight
1-6
6-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Hare William H. Powell jr
6-5
6-1
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
Clarence Monroe Straight Clark
6-4
6-1
Final
James Dwight 1 *
Crawford Allen Nightingale
6-2
6-4
6-4