Kreigh
Collins
Male
United States of America
1875-01-00
Illinois, United States of America
1909-11-16
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Kreigh Collins was an American tennis player from Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. He was ranked U.S. No. 5 in singles in 1899, 1900, 1903 and 1904.
In 1903, he reached the doubles final with L. Harry Waidner at the U.S. National Championships (now known as the U.S. Open) which they lost to the English brothers Reginald and Lawrence Doherty in three close sets, 11–9, 12–10, 6–4. The following year, 1904, Collins again reached the doubles finals, this time partnered with Raymond Little and lost in five sets to Holcombe Ward and Beals Wright. In singles, he reached the semi-finals twice, in 1899 and 1905, and the quarterfinals in 1902.
At the tournament now known at the Cincinnati Masters, the oldest tournament in the U.S. played in its original city, Collins won the singles title in 1903 and reached singles finals in 1901, 1902 and 1905. He also was a doubles finalist in 1901 and 1903 (both times with L. Harry Waidner), and a mixed doubles finalist in 1901 (with Carrie Neely).
He also won eight singles titles and four doubles titles at the Western Tennis Championship.
He married Ruth Howells Coffin in 1898. In 1906, he went with the United States Davis Cup team to England, but did not compete due to trouble with his eyesight. By the next year, his poor eyesight had forced him completely out of competitive tennis.
Collins has been inducted into the USTA/Midwest Hall of Fame.
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1897 - 1908
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1903 - Cincinnati (ATP)
1900 - Western States Championships (Open)
1897 - Western States Championships (Open)
1897 - Chicago Invitation Tournament (Amateur)
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Charles D.E. Chambers
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
G.L. Buchner
1-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Nathaniel Niles 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Ernest Riddell Paterson
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Kenneth Powell 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
3-6
6-4
4-6
6-2
Unknown
Nathaniel (Nat) Thornton 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Robert Hough 1 *
Kreigh Collins
w.o.
Round 2
Alfred Beamish 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John P. Baer
6-1
6-0
6-4
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 4
Kreigh Collins 1 *
George A. Lyon Jr.
6-1
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Davis Edmands, Snr. Jones
7-5
5-7
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Kreigh Collins
4-6
6-4
7-9
6-4
6-4
Unknown
Kreigh Collins 1 *
E. Starbuck Smith
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
T.W. Stephens
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
6-3
7-5
Final
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Raymond Little
6-1
6-2
6-1
Challenge Round
Beals Wright 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-3
7-5
4-6
7-9
6-3
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Raymond Little
13-11
3-6
2-6
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-2
8-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Beals Wright 1 *
Kreigh Collins
w.o.
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Albert Ryerson
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-2
2-6
10-8
6-3
Unknown
Kreigh Collins 1 *
George S. Blanchard
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Ernest (Ernie) Diehl
6-2
6-1
Final
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Nathaniel C. (Nat) Emerson
6-2
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Raymond Little
11-9
4-6
6-1
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Georg Franckenstein
6-0
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Reuben Gay Hunt
3-6
6-4
4-6
8-6
6-1
Round 4
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Hendricks Hallett Whitman sr
6-1
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-0
6-1
6-4
Unknown
Kreigh Collins 1 *
D.K. Parrott
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Robert Grinstead Vaughan
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Ernest Riddell Paterson
4-6
6-1
6-1
Final
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Reuben Gay Hunt
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
Raymond Little 1 *
Kreigh Collins
3-6
6-8
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Kreigh Collins 1 *
A.N. MacDonald
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Crosby Neely jr.
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Harold Hackett 1 *
Kreigh Collins
1-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Bertram Read 1 *
Kreigh Collins
w.o.
Unknown
Kreigh Collins 1 *
J.Ford Carter
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
A.O. Lee
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
4-6
6-3
Final
Raymond Little 1 *
Kreigh Collins
2-6
8-6
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
5-7
6-1
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Kenneth Horton
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Beals Wright 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-3
1-6
4-6
6-3
6-4
Preliminary Round
Kreigh Collins 1 *
C.T. Bush
w.o.
Round 1
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Norris Havemeyer Mundy
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Clarence B. Henry
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
W.L. Myers
4-6
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Raymond Little
6-3
9-7
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Samuel Percy Hardy
3-6
6-4
6-3
Final
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Sumner Charles Hardy
4-6
6-3
7-9
6-3
6-4
Challenge Round
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Carr Baker Neel
w.o.
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
S.G. Tate
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
William Scott Bond
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Thomas Sturgis Jr.
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Wylie Grant
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
8-6
4-6
4-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
6-1
8-6
Challenge Round
Carr Baker Neel 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Kreigh Collins
w.o.
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
John Crosby Neely jr.
6-0
6-3
Poule
William Scott Bond 1 *
Kreigh Collins
w.o.
(sick)
Poule
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
2-6
7-5
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Harvey Malcolm MacQuiston
6-2
6-4
Poule
W.L. Myers 1 *
Kreigh Collins
w.o.
(sick)
Poule
Samuel Ritchie Neel 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-3
6-3
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
W.F. Burkett
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Kreigh Collins 1 *
C.U. Beach
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Norris Havemeyer Mundy
w.o.
Round 3
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Paul D. MacQuiston
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
10-8
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
4-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Kreigh Collins 1 *
William Scott Bond
9-7
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Carr Baker Neel
6-3
7-5
7-9
9-7
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner
8-6
6-4
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
W.L. Myers
7-5
3-6
6-4
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
William Scott Bond
6-3
6-4
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Norris Havemeyer Mundy
6-3
6-1
Poule
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Harvey Malcolm MacQuiston
8-6
6-4
4-6
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