Robert Duffield (Bob)
Wrenn
Male
United States of America
1873-09-20
Highland Park, Illinois, United States of America
1925-11-12
NewYork, NY, United States of America
Bob Wrenn was the first left-hander to win the U.S. Singles Championships, taking that crown four times. With his right-handed brother George, he played for the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1903. A versatile athlete, he went to Harvard University and played not only tennis but football and baseball as well. A very determined player, he moved swiftly around the court and knew precisely when to use the lob to get out of danger.
1890 - 1903
11
138
97
1897 - US Open (Grandslam)
1896 - Longwood Bowl (Amateur)
1896 - US Open (Grandslam)
1896 - Canadian International Championships ()
1894 - US Open (Grandslam)
1894 - Norwood Park Lawn Tennis Cup (Amateur)
1893 - Maine State Championships (Amateur)
1893 - Wentworth Invitation (Amateur)
1893 - Tampa Gulf Championship (Amateur)
1893 - US Open (Grandslam)
1892 - Kebo Valley (Bar Harbor) (Amateur)
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
J.C. Spring
6-1
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Charles Barrows Wilbar
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
R. Stanley Howland
6-1
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
6-0
Poule
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
3-6
6-3
6-8
6-4
Poule
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-0
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Joseph Roberts Carpenter Jr.
6-3
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-0
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
6-1
6-4
Challenge Round
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
4-6
8-6
6-3
2-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
9-7
2-6
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
N.Perry E. Hallowell jr
7-9
3-6
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Dwight Filley Davis sr
6-1
6-8
9-7
6-2
Round 3
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Evarts Wrenn
6-4
6-4
12-10
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
2-6
9-7
7-5
9-7
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Carr Baker Neel
2-6
14-12
4-6
6-4
6-1
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Bill Larned
4-6
3-6
6-4
6-4
6-3
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey
7-5
3-6
6-0
1-6
6-1
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
J.S. Russell
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Joseph D. Forbes
6-2
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
6-2
6-0
7-5
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
9-7
6-3
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey
10-8
2-6
6-4
1-6
6-4
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Bill Larned
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
George H. Miles
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-3
6-0
Final
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
8-6
6-3
6-4
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-3
3-6
6-2
7-5
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-0
6-0
6-1
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Carr Baker Neel
1-6
6-4
6-1
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-2
6-4
6-3
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
8-6
6-2
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-2
6-4
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
3-6
6-2
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-3
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
T.H. Wallington
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-3
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
Arthur Ellsworth Foote 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
6-8
6-0
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
2
sets
to
0
Poule
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
7-5
5-7
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
6-8
6-1
6-4
6-4
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
B.S. Watson
6-0
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
H.M. Scudder
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Palmer Ellis Presbrey
6-0
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr.
6-3
6-0
8-6
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
0-6
6-1
6-4
Challenge Round
John Bertram Read 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Poule
Arthur Ellsworth Foote 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
6-0
Challenge Round
Gregory Seeley Bryan 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Challenge Round
William Gordon Parker 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
6-0
6-1
11-9
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
4-6
4-6
6-1
6-3
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
8-6
6-1
6-1
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
4-6
8-6
6-0
6-2
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
H.H. Dickey
6-1
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Silas Dean Reed
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Marion Randolph Wright
6-2
11-9
4-6
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-1
6-2
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Samuel Thompson Chase
8-6
6-1
6-2
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey
6-4
3-6
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Oliver Samuel Campbell
w.o.
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Arthur F. Fuller
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
A.J. Wellington
6-0
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
2-6
6-3
6-1
6-3
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 1
C.F. Wells 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Final
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-5
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-5
6-2
Poule
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
3-6
6-5
6-2
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Arthur Ellsworth Foote
6-3
6-2
Poule
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
6-4
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-3
6-1
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-1
6-5
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Arthur Ellsworth Foote
6-4
6-0
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-5
6-5
Round 1
Harold Fowler McCormick 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
w.o.
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Merriam Bruce
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
John Bertram Read
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-2
6-3
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
7-5
6-4
6-2
Poule
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-3
6-4
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Bill Larned
5-7
6-4
7-5
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
6-1
8-6
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
6-1
6-2
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Bill Larned
6-1
6-1
Poule
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
4-6
7-5
6-4
Poule
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-8
6-3
6-2
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Clarence Hobart
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
6-5
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
H.V. Jones
1-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Charles Walder Grinstead
6-5
6-3
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Clarence Hobart
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Albert Empie Wright
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Grenville Kane
6-1
6-3
Round 2
John W. Nichols Jr 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Albert Empie Wright
6-1
10-8
6-1
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Wallace Percy Knapp
12-14
6-2
4-6
9-7
6-1
Round 3
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
8-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Mantle Fielding jr.
6-1
4-6
9-7
6-0
Semifinals
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
7-5
6-3
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Wallace D. Dexter
7-5
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Alfred Codman jr
6-0
9-7
6-1
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.
6-3
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Charles Parker Hubbard 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
4-6
6-3
6-2
1-6
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Rodmond Vernon Beach
9-7
6-4
6-4
Poule
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
5-7
7-5
1-6
7-5
6-4
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
J. Bunce
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
G.F. Wales
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-1
4-6
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Albert Empie Wright
6-2
6-3
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Rodmond Vernon Beach
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
B.E.B. Mitchell
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
W. Harmar
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall
6-3
6-4
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Samuel Thompson Chase
7-5
5-7
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr.
4-6
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
H.M. Southgate
w.o.
Quarterfinals
A.J. Wellington 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
7-5
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
4-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Rodmond Vernon Beach
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Duncan William Candler
6-0
6-4
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-4
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
W.K. Shaw
2-6
6-4
8-6
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
4-6
5-7
6-0
6-1
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
J.W. Anderson
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
W.P. Smith
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles T. Lee 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
7-5
6-4
Preliminary Round
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-3
9-7
Round 1
George Winthrop Lee 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
9-7