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
Adapted from Wikipedia, at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Alexander
Frederick B. Alexander attended Princeton University and won the Intercollegiate doubles championship in 1900 and the singles title in 1901. In 1908, Alexander became the first foreigner to win the singles title at the Australasian Championships, the amateur precursor to the Australian Open, when he beat Alfred Dunlop in a five-set final. He then teamed with Dunlop to win the doubles title. In the final they beat Granville Sharp and the young New Zealander Tony Wilding, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Alexander won the men’s doubles event at the U.S. National Championships five times, in the years 1907 to 1910 with Harold Hackett, and for the last time in 1917, with another compatriot, Harold Throckmorton. Between 1904 and 1918, Alexander was ranked in the top ten in singles in the USA six times at year’s end, his highest ranking of No. 3 coming in 1908.
In 1908, Alexander was also a member of the American Davis Cup team which took on the holders, Australasia, at the Albert Ground in Melbourne. Alexander lost both his singles matches, to Norman Brookes and Tony Wilding, and he and Beals Wright were beaten in five sets in the doubles match by Brookes and Wilding as Australasia retained the cup.
In 1915, Alexander’s book How to Play Lawn Tennis was published as part of the Spalding’s Athletic Library Series. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1961.
1895 - 1920
8
156
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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)
1901 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
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 Sr.
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
Tony Wilding 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-4
6-1
Poule
Norman Brookes 1 *
Fred Alexander
5-7
9-7
6-2
4-6
6-3
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 Cotton 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 Sr. 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
Charles Clement Cresson jr 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
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
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
P.H.F. Chase
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
John Clay Davidson
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Raymond Little 1 *
Fred Alexander
w.o.
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
George DeCamp
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Ernest Guy (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 *
J.H. Stoll
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Harvey Malcolm MacQuiston
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Fred Alexander 1 *
Nathaniel C. (Nat) Emerson
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner 1 *
Fred Alexander
3-6
7-5
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
T.B.C. Yearly
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Montgomery Ogden
6-3
5-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Gustave Adolphe Farber
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
John Clay Davidson
6-4
6-2
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Lawrence Grant
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Lyle Evans (Louis) Mahan
6-0
7-5
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Calhoun C. Cragin
8-6
6-3
Final
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Fred Alexander
3-6
7-5
6-4
6-4
Preliminary Round
Fred Alexander 1 *
Samuel A. Westfall
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Calhoun C. Cragin
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
6-4
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 *
Arthur F. Fuller
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
George Henry Nettleton
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Fred Alexander
7-5
1-6
7-5
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
John A. Roche jr
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Lyle Evans (Louis) Mahan
6-1
6-3
Final
Fred Alexander 1 *
Montgomery Ogden
6-2
6-3
6-1
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
Preliminary Round
Fred Alexander 1 *
Ralph W. McKittrick
w.o.
Round 1
Bill Larned 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
6-1
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 *
Frederick Fable
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 Henry Miles
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-2
5-7
6-3
Round 2
Edward Penniman Larned 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-8
6-4
6-4
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 *
Louis Vernon 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 1
Fred Alexander 1 *
Francis Insley (Frank) Linen
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Meredith Bright Colket
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier Sr. 1 *
Fred Alexander
10-8
6-4
Round 2
Fred Alexander 1 *
Francis Tiers (Frank) Miles
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
Irving Griffin
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
George Henry 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
Quarterfinals
Raymond Little 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Alfred Codman jr 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-0
6-0