Frederick Beasley (Fred)
Alexander
Male
United States of America
1880-08-14
Seabright, United States of America
1969-03-03
Beverly Hills, United States of America
Alexander attended Princeton University and won the Intercollegiate doubles championship in 1900 and the singles in 1901.
In 1908 Fred Alexander became the first foreigner to win the singles title at the Australasian Championships the amateur precursor to the Australian Open.
He then teamed with the man he defeated in the final, Alfred Dunlop, to win the doubles. Still in his most successful year (1908), he reached the final in the all-comers at the U.S. National Championships. Alexander won no fewer than five U.S.
National Championships in doubles (1907-10, 1917) and appeared in the final (U.S. National Championships) for seven consecutive years (record in doubles). He and partner Harold Hackett won the U.S. doubles each year from 1907 to 1910. At age 37, Alexander won again in 1917, partnering with Harold Throckmorton.
Between 1904 and 1918, he was a U.S. top ten player at year\'s end six times and attained a career high ranking in 1908 of U.S. No. 3.
He competed in the USA Davis Cup team in 1908 which lost the final against Australia at the Albert Ground, Melbourne. Alexander lost both his singles matches against Norman Brookes and Tony Wilding as well as the doubles match against these two together with his partner Beals Wright.
Alexander was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1961.
1895 - 1920
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120
86
1909 - Monte Carlo (Grand Prix Circuit)
1909 - Riviera Championships (Amateur)
1909 - South of France Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Nice (Grand Prix Circuit)
1908 - Australian Open (Grandslam)
1906 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Nice (Grand Prix Circuit)
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
William Rosenbaum
9-11
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Robert L. James
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Clarence James (Peck) Griffin 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
Round 1
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Fred Alexander
4-6
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
George Olds Wagner
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Alfred H. Chapin Sr.
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Harold Augustus Throckmorton
2-6
3-6
7-5
6-0
6-3
Round 4
Robert Lindley Murray 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-8
8-6
6-0
4-6
6-0
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Robert L. James
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
William J. Gallon
6-3
3-6
8-6
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Henry S. Parker
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
William Rosenbaum
6-8
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Bill Tilden
7-5
10-8
Final
Samuel Howard Voshell 1 *
Fred Alexander
7-5
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Abraham Bassford Jr.
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Craig Biddle 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
James S. O\'Neale Jr.
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Roosevelt Pell jr 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Nathaniel Niles
6-3
5-7
7-5
8-10
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Phillip Roberts
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Samuel Howard Voshell
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-2
1-6
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
E.B. Milner
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
C.A. Barsdorf
6-1
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-2
6-1
1-6
6-1
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Artemas H. (Artimus) Holmes 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Artemas H. (Artimus) Holmes
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
W.E. Mitchell
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
A. Seton
6-0
6-0
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-4
6-2
3-0
ret.
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
N. N.
?
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Roger P. Anceau
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling)
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Artemas H. (Artimus) Holmes
6-3
6-1
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-2
6-1
6-2
Challenge Round
William Briggs Cragin Jr. 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Henry Marsh
6-3
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Harry Gibbes
6-2
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
6-3
8-6
1-6
6-0
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Alfred Dunlop
3-6
3-6
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Edward Fuller Torrey jr
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
R.H. Pearson
6-0
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Gardner Beals
6-1
8-6
6-0
Round 4
Fred Alexander 1 *
Dean Mathey
7-5
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Francis Jones (Frank) Sulloway
6-1
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
7-5
7-5
6-3
Final
Beals Wright 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Rodney Heath
6-3
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Frederick Elliott Von Frankenberg
6-2
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Stanley Doust
6-4
6-3
6-3
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Fred Alexander
4-6
6-0
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
Ross Burchard 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
Preliminary Round
George Lorraine Wyeth 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
Poule
Norman Brookes 1 *
Fred Alexander
5-7
9-7
6-2
4-6
6-3
Poule
Tony Wilding 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
R.O. Miles
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Graham C. Patterson
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Ward C. Burton
6-0
8-6
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Charles S. Peters
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner 1 *
Fred Alexander
0-6
3-6
ret.
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Elmer Schlesinger
w.o.
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
T.I. Townsend
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Charles O. Cooke
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 4
Fred Alexander 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-3
8-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Fred Alexander
8-6
6-2
4-6
1-6
7-5
Challenge Round
Fred Alexander 1 *
Harold Hackett
4-6
4-6
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
L.G. Morris
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Charles Frederick Watson Jr. 1 *
Fred Alexander
4-6
6-4
def.
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
R. Chalier
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
9-7
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-4
9-7
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
10-8
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
D.F. Appleton 2nd
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Ralph A. Thomas
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 4
Fred Alexander 1 *
James Ford Coleman Huntington
7-5
6-1
8-6
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
9-7
7-5
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Clarence Cecil (Clarry) Pell
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Bill Larned 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-2
6-3
6-2
Unknown
Fred Alexander 1 *
Ernest (Ernie) Diehl
5-7
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
John A. Roche jr
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Charles Haeker Farber
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
William Graham Kilmaster
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
C.B. Schley
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
George Winthrop Lee
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
John Homer Deis
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Frederick Parkman Warfield
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Raymond Little 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Fred Fabel
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Royal Miller
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Nathaniel C. (Nat) Emerson 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Gilbert Bliss
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
John Hammond
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Clarence Almon Torrey
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sumner Charles Hardy 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Lewis Ransom Freeman
6-4
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
George H. Miles
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-2
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Mr. Eckman
w.o.
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Howard Lewis
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Dana Cheney Hyde
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Harold Hackett 1 *
Fred Alexander
8-6
7-5
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
L.B. Ledoux
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Robert B. (Bob) Colwell jr
0-6
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Beals Wright 1 *
Fred Alexander
9-11
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
H. Beard
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Sumner Charles Hardy 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Frank T. Miles
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Irving Griffin
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
George H. Miles 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
E.B. Barnes
6-3
7-5
Round 2
John Clay Davidson 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Alfred Codman jr 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-0
6-0