Richard W.
Stevens
Male
United States of America
1868-05-23
City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
1919-05-18
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States of America
He was the third child and the youngest son of Edwin Augustus Stevens and Martha Bayard Dod.
Stevens attended St.Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire and was graduated from Columbia University in 1890 and from the Law School two years later. He was admitted to the bar in 1893, but never devoted his time to the practice of that profession.
A lover of outdoor amusements, Stevens had won the Middle State tennis championship, also the New Jersey State championship, and was Treasurer of the U.S.Tennis Associations.
He was the member of the St. George's Cricket Club.
Baseline player.
1882 - 1916
6
189
121
1899 - New Jersey State Championships (Open)
1893 - Middle States Championships (Amateur)
1892 - Middle States Championships (Amateur)
1892 - Westchester (Open)
1892 - Seabright Invitational (Amateur)
1891 - Seabright Invitational (Amateur)
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Abraham Bassford Jr.
2-6
6-1
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Frank A. Fall
6-0
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Robert Lindley Murray 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
A.M. Kidder
6-4
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Jean Baptiste (Tiste) Adoue Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
1-6
6-4
2-6
7-5
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Charles S. Landers
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
E.F.A. Morgan
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 3
George Peabody (Gearse) Gardner Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Rowland Evans Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
6-4
6-2
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Jeff Quinn
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
C.D. Jones
w.o.
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
William Rosenbaum
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Raymond Little 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-0
6-1
6-0
Preliminary Round
Karl Howell Behr jr 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
4-6
6-4
6-4
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George Brooke Jr.
w.o.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George Townsend Adee
3-6
6-2
9-7
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Harry C. Martin
w.o.
Round 3
William Briggs Cragin Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
3-6
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Thomas Suffern Tailer
w.o.
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Alexander Dallas (Alec) Thayer Jr
6-4
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Seymour Johnson
9-7
6-1
6-0
Round 4
John Davis Edmands, Snr. Jones 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Russell Newton Dana 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
F.R. Budlong
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
F.H. Cranston
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Charles Frederick Watson Jr.
6-1
6-4
3-6
6-0
Round 4
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Lewis Perry
6-3
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2-6
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
B.B. Vincent Lyon
6-4
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George Winthrop Lee
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 4
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Russell Newton Dana
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
H.W. Stiness
w.o.
Round 3
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
6-2
6-2
Preliminary Round
Russell E. Sard 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
W. Hugh Bates
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Harry W. Mason
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
4-6
8-6
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
C.H. Smith
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty
3-6
1-4
ret.
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
1-6
8-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Irving Christian Wright
8-6
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
7-5
8-6
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Deane B. Miller
w.o.
Round 3
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-0
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Charles Frederick Watson Jr.
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Dr Larkin White Glazebrook
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-2
Challenge Round
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
6-3
6-8
6-2
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Deane B. Miller
w.o.
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
H.W. Stiness
w.o.
Round 3
Robert Palmer Huntington Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2-6
3-6
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
W.R. Miles
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
F.I. Linnen
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
4-6
7-5
9-7
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Challenge Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
6-2
4-6
4-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George H. Miles
6-0
6-4
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George Kimball Belden
6-4
6-0
4-6
6-4
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Storer Preble Ware
6-1
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
8-6
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
w.o.
Round 2
Marmaduke Dudley Smith 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Milton Ruggles
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edward A. Crowninshield
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George H. Miles
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
5-7
6-2
6-0
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Wylie Grant
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George H. Miles
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-4
0-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Carr Baker Neel 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
6-0
7-9
9-7
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Arthur Ingraham
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George Winthrop Lee
6-0
2-6
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-0
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
J.L. Robertson
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-1
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
6-0
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-4
6-3
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-2
6-4
6-4
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
5-7
6-1
5-7
6-0
6-3
Poule
Carr Baker Neel 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-1
6-4
Poule
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
8-6
3-2
ret.
Round 2
Sydney L. Smith 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Arthur Stokes
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
H.W. Hague
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George H. Miles
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-3
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
5-7
6-3
6-2
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
J. McLain Walton
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Joseph D. Forbes
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
6-2
6-4
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
7-5
6-1
4-6
6-3
Poule
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
6-1
7-5
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
?
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Carroll J. Post Jr.
6-1
6-4
6-2
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-0
6-2
6-8
6-2
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-0
6-0
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2
sets
to
0
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Conde M. Nast
w.o.
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Gerardus Post Herrick
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
4-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
J. Crane
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-4
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
6-3
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
0-6
6-1
6-4
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
4-6
6-2
6-2
Final
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
10-8
6-4
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
8-6
6-1
6-1
Poule
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
?
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
?
Poule
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
5-7
6-4
4-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Harold Fowler McCormick
6-1
3-6
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
John Stokes Morris
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Charles Tete Jr.
6-2
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-2
2-6
6-2
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
A.J. Shaw
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Willis Lyman
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Alfred Codman jr
6-0
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
2-6
6-3
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
7-5
3-6
4-6
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
8-6
7-5
8-6
Challenge Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Arthur Ellsworth Foote
6-3
6-3
6-2
Preliminary Round
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
8-6
6-2
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
S.V.R. Thayer
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
W.R. Betts
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Silas Dean Reed
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Marion Randolph Wright
7-5
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
4-6
11-9
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
T.P. Borden
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Harold Fowler McCormick
6-0
4-6
7-5
6-1
Round 3
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
William Ames Jr.
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-4
6-0
Round 1
John Bertram Read 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Bill Larned
9-7
6-0
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
W.V. Johnson
2-6
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
C.M. Hamilton
6-1
6-1
Final
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Samuel Wylie B. Moorhead III
3-6
6-2
6-1
6-2
Challenge Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Charles Edward Sands
6-3
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
S.M. Allen
6-2
6-1
6-1
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
E.C. Rushmore
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Harold Fowler McCormick
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
9-7
3-6
6-2
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Philip S. James
w.o.
Round 1
Wallace Percy Knapp 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-0
6-8
6-4
Final
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr.
6-3
6-4
9-7
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Charles Edward Sands
6-3
2-6
6-3
3-6
6-3
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Robert Palmer Huntington Jr.
7-9
6-3
1-6
6-1
6-2
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr.
4-6
6-3
2-6
6-1
6-1
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Deane B. Miller
6-0
ret.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Butler B. Lamb
2-6
6-3
4-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Valentine Gill Hall 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2-6
6-2
6-4
6-1
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-2
4-6
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Duncan William Candler
6-1
6-1
7-5
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall
6-2
6-1
9-7
Final
Charles Edward Sands 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2-6
5-7
8-6
6-1
6-0
Final
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
A.W. Post
2-6
1-6
6-0
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Bill Larned
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
George T. Maxwell
6-0
6-2
Final
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
William Templeton Johnson
1-6
6-2
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
6-4
6-0
Preliminary Round
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
W.F. Day
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
William K. Fowler
6-2
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Valentine Gill Hall 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Marion Randolph Wright 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
3-6
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2-6
6-2
5-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
A.H. Larkin
w.o.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Deane B. Miller
6-3
2-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Albert Empie Wright 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Colonel John C. Goodfellow 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
w.o.
Round 1
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
J.V. Graham Jr
6-2
6-5
Quarterfinals
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Joseph Sill Clark 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
F.T. Ball
6-3
6-5
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
A.L. Brown
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
J.A. Turnbull
w.o.
Final
H.W. Bucknall 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Charles Belmont Davis 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-2
Final
Arthur Allen 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
?