Holcombe
Ward
Male
United States of America
1878-11-23
New York, United States of America
1967-01-23
Red Bank, New Jersey, United States of America
Holcombe Ward was one of the most notable performers and reformers in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. He played on four U.S. Davis Cup Challenge Round teams, including the first American squad in 1900, and captured his national championship in 1904.
In 1905 Ward won the London Grass Court Championships (now known as Queen's Club Championships). A six-time U.S. Doubles Champion, he retired undefeated in that tournament.
Ward was a member of the USA Davis Cup Team in 1900, 1902, 1905 and 1906.
After he left the game, he turned his full attention to the administrative side of the game, serving as President of the USLTA (U.S. Lawn Tennis Association) from 1937-47.
Holcombe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1956.
1893 - 1917
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151
102
1905 - Queens Club Tournament (ATP)
1904 - US Open (Grandslam)
1901 - US International Indoor Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Massachusetts State Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Samuel Howard Voshell
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Henry S. Parker
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Nathaniel Niles 1 *
Holcombe Ward
3-6
6-3
6-1
6-2
Poule
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Leslie Poidevin sr
6-2
6-4
7-5
Poule
Tony Wilding 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
0-6
3-6
6-4
8-6
Poule
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
8-6
6-3
Poule
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-1
6-0
6-4
Poule
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Maurice Germot
6-2
6-2
6-1
Poule
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Max Decugis
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-4
6-3
8-6
Challenge Round
Beals Wright 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-1
6-2
11-9
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Sidney Johnson Watts
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-1
6-1
10-8
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
E. Morris Hall
6-1
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-1
6-8
6-4
2-6
6-4
Final
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Beals Wright
w.o.
Preliminary Round
Charles François Simond 1 *
Holcombe Ward
w.o.
Poule
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Holcombe Ward
7-9
5-6
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Clarence Saunders Brigham
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Henry J. Holt jr
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Wallace Johnson
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 4
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-2
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
9-7
7-5
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Edgar Welch Leonard
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Holcombe Ward 1 *
William Jackson Clothier Sr.
10-8
6-4
9-7
Challenge Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Butler B. Lamb
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Joseph G. Willis
w.o.
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier Sr. 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-4
5-7
7-5
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Ralph Waldo Hickox
6-2
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Storer Preble Ware
6-4
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Harry F. Allen
6-0
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Beals Wright
6-4
6-4
6-2
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Holcombe Ward
4-6
8-6
7-9
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
W.A. Warnock
w.o.
Round 3
Dr Larkin White Glazebrook 1 *
Holcombe Ward
w.o.
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Harry F. Allen
6-3
4-6
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Lewis Perry
6-4
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George S. Keyes
6-3
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
6-2
3-6
4-6
6-4
6-1
Final
William Jackson Clothier Sr. 1 *
Holcombe Ward
2-6
9-7
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Clarence Phelps Dodge 1 *
Holcombe Ward
w.o.
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George S. Keyes
w.o.
Round 2
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Holcombe Ward
1-6
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Henry J. Mollenhauer
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
W.J.A. McKim
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
E.L. Tailer
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Wylie Grant
6-1
6-2
Final
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Calhoun C. Cragin
11-9
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Herbert Noel Rawlins
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
William Jackson Clothier Sr.
6-4
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Arthur Gore 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-1
2-6
3-6
7-5
6-3
Preliminary Round
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Holcombe Ward
7-5
4-6
6-3
2-6
8-6
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Howard Parmelee Homans
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr.
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier Sr. 1 *
Holcombe Ward
4-6
9-7
13-11
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
S.F. Rockwell
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Kenneth Horton
6-1
6-5
Quarterfinals
Arthur Stanwood Pier 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-3
Preliminary Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
J.C. MacDonald
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
I.W. Kendall
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Arthur F. Fuller
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Samuel Percy Hardy
1-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Sumner Charles Hardy 1 *
Holcombe Ward
8-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
William Scott Bond 1 *
Holcombe Ward
w.o.
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Harry W. Mason
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Herbert Ira Foster
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Samuel Percy Hardy
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
7-5
Final
Harold Hackett 1 *
Holcombe Ward
0-6
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-4
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Norris Havemeyer Mundy
4-6
10-8
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Holcombe Ward
3-6
6-4
9-11
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Arthur Powell Hawes
6-0
6-0
8-6
Quarterfinals
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-4
6-2
4-6
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Tristam E. Souther
6-1
6-1
Round 2
George Henry Miles 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-5
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Frederick Bradley Winslow
7-5
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Holcombe Ward
4-6
6-1
1-6
7-5
8-6
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
G. Starkweather
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
G. McSargent
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Harold Hackett
6-3
5-7
6-4
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Raymond Little
6-4
2-6
6-1
Final
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George Preston Sheldon jr
6-3
2-6
4-6
ret.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
W.S. Clough
w.o.
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Harold Hackett
6-2
6-3
3-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Scott Bond 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Ralph W. McKittrick 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-4
2-6
7-5
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
R.W. Parker
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
E.L. Poulson
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
John Albert Ryerson
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Scott Bond 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
H.C. Laverack
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Arthur Stanwood Pier
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
C.R. Henderson
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George Watkinson
6-2
6-4
Final
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Holcombe Ward
7-5
7-5
6-1
Challenge Round
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
4-6
6-2
6-1
Preliminary Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Carl F. Walz
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Montgomery Ogden
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Robert M. (Bob) Miles jr
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Alfred Codman jr
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Oviedo Mesick Bostwick
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George Winthrop Lee
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-4
6-4
Preliminary Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Dwight Filley Davis sr
6-3
3-6
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-2
12-10
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Clarence Phelps Dodge
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
John Crosby Neely jr.
4-6
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
7-5
Final
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Holcombe Ward
7-5
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
H.B. Hollings
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Holcombe Ward 1 *
R.S. Goodrich
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Beals Wright
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
D.T. Farrington
6-4
6-3
Final
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
6-3
6-2
4-6
8-6
Challenge Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Donald Scott
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Herbert Olin Brigham
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
George Henry Miles
6-4
6-0
Final
Joseph Dunderdale Forbes 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Harry Eugene Avery 1 *
Holcombe Ward
8-6
1-6
7-5
Preliminary Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Raymond Little
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Dr. William Nelson Frazer
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Charles Strawder Batt
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
E.M. Sergeant
6-4
6-2
Final
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret 1 *
Holcombe Ward
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Louis J. Grant
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Richmond P. Davis
2-6
8-6
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-1
Preliminary Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
W. Cushman
6-2
4-6
6-0
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Robert Murray Ferris Jr
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Richard Hugh Carleton
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
W.H. Barnes
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
James S. Terry 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
5-7
7-5
8-6
Round 1
Oviedo Mesick Bostwick 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-3
Preliminary Round
Holcombe Ward 1 *
M.P. Slade
10-8
6-3
Round 1
Holcombe Ward 1 *
J. McLain Walton
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
George Henry Miles 1 *
Holcombe Ward
10-8
1-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Gerardus Post Herrick 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-1