Edwin Philip
Fischer
Male
United States of America
1872-10-03
New York, United States of America
1947-11-00
New York, United States of America
Wikipedia:
Edwin Fischer won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. National Championships four times. In 1894, 1895 and 1896, he won the title with Juliette Atkinson, and in 1898, he won his fourth title partnering Carrie Neely. The mixed doubles championship was played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
His best result in the men's singles competition came in 1896 when he reached the semifinals in which he was beaten by Bill Larned. In 1897, he again was defeated by Larned, this time in the quarterfinals.
In July 1896, he won the Tuxedo tournament in New York City, defeating 1894 and 1895 champion Malcolm Chace. Fischer was a three-times finalist at the Canadian Championships in 1896, 1897 and 1906. He was a runner-up at the 1906 indoor national tennis championship in New York.
His highest ranking in U.S. singles was no. 5 in 1896, and he was ranked in the top 10 during four years.
At noon on September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street in the Financial District of New York City. The blast killed 38 and seriously injured 143.
Investigators of the Wall Street bombing became suspicious of Edwin Fischer as he apparently predicted the attack with astonishing accuracy. Fischer had been warning his friends of an impending bomb attack on Wall Street, sending them postcards urging them to leave the area before September 16.
He was taken into custody in Hamilton, Ontario. On return to New York, he was wearing two business suits for warmth and a tennis outfit underneath, which he claimed he wore "to be ready for a tennis match at all times". The police questioned him at Bellevue. He said he had received the messages "through the air from God." Realizing Fischer was suffering from a mental disorder and finding that he made a regular habit of issuing such warnings, the police released him and had him committed to the Amityville Asylum where he was diagnosed as 'insane but harmless'.
1892 - 1911
11
194
133
1903 - Niagara International Tournament (Amateur)
1900 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1899 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1898 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Tuxedo Tournament (Amateur)
1896 - Tuxedo Tournament (Amateur)
1896 - Buffalo (Amateur)
1896 - Wentworth Invitation (Amateur)
1896 - Sleepy Hollow Club Tournament (Amateur)
1896 - West Side Lawn Tennis Club (Amateur)
1892 - Central Park Championship (Amateur)
Preliminary Round
Dean Mathey 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Preliminary Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
King Smith
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Raymond Little 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
5-7
6-1
Round 1
William H. Prescott 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
T. Caffrey 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
Henry Bartol Register sr 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George W. Pratt
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William L. Bryant
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ralph A. Burns
6-2
6-1
Final
Irving Christian Wright 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
6-3
6-1
Final
Wylie Grant 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-2
12-10
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Francis W. Cole
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Irving Christian Wright
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
4-6
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ralph A. Burns
6-3
2-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
D. Pearson
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ernest Riddell Paterson
6-4
9-7
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ernest Spencer Glassco
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-1
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Beals Wright
w.o.
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ernest Spencer Glassco
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Irving Christian Wright 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
13-15
6-2
Unknown
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Henry Truxton (Trux) Emerson
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Nathaniel C. (Nat) Emerson 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Harry Eugene Avery
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Beals Wright 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Stillman 2nd 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Irving Christian Wright
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
9-7
6-1
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Arthur Powell Hawes
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Scott Bond
6-4
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Fred Alexander
6-4
6-0
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
6-4
6-3
6-3
Challenge Round
Raymond Little 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner
2-6
7-5
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
3-6
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
H. MacKerall
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Clay Davidson
2-6
6-2
11-9
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-2
6-4
Preliminary Round
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Preliminary Round
George H. Miles 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
bye
Round 2
Dana Cheney Hyde 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Beals Wright
3-6
6-1
10-8
8-6
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
E. Wimer
w.o.
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Sydney T. Medd
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Kreigh Collins
6-4
6-4
Final
Harold Hackett 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
7-5
1-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
5-7
8-6
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Edward Scott Griffin
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Harry Eugene Avery
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
1-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
A.R. Thatcher
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Scott Bond
6-2
6-0
Final
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
2-6
3-6
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
W.F. Couper
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George Olds Wagner
6-2
9-7
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Howard Lewis
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Raymond Little
8-6
6-2
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-2
6-0
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-2
6-2
8-10
6-3
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
1-6
7-5
6-0
6-4
Round 1
G. McSargent 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
K. Beals
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Harry Eugene Avery
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Albert Empie Wright
6-4
6-4
Final
Raymond Little 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
5-7
6-2
3-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Wylie Grant
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Beals Wright 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
9-7
6-4
Round 1
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ralph W. McKittrick
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Richard Hugh Carleton
2-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
9-7
2-6
6-4
1-6
6-3
Preliminary Round
Edward Tudor Gross 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Arthur Powell Hawes
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Harry Eugene Avery
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Harold Hackett
7-9
6-4
6-4
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Clay Davidson
7-5
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
6-3
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Joseph D. Forbes 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
?
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Clifford A. Gould
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Scott Bond
4-6
6-3
2-6
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Marmaduke Dudley Smith
7-5
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
10-8
7-5
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Arthur Powell Hawes
2-6
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Beals Wright
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George P. Sheldon jr
6-4
6-2
Final
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
8-6
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
A.M. Vernon
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ralph Waterbury Condée
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Crosby Neely jr.
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Samuel Ritchie Neel
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Kreigh Collins 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
4-6
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Raymond Dunham Thurber
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Stephen Caldwell Millett 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Edward Scott Griffin
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
3-6
7-5
7-5
Semifinals
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
5-7
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
W.B. Smith
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Raymond Dunham Thurber 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
4-6
7-5
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Jordan
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Richard Hugh Carleton
6-3
8-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George P. Sheldon jr
6-4
7-5
2-6
8-6
Semifinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
6-2
6-1
Final
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Wylie Grant
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Harold Hackett
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Mansfield Scudder III
6-4
9-7
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
8-6
6-0
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-1
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Richard Hugh Carleton
5-7
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Clarence W. Cady
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Mansfield Scudder III
4-6
6-4
6-1
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
7-5
3-6
6-1
10-8
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Carr Baker Neel
w.o.
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Dr. William N. Frazer
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
A.P. Simmonds
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Walter Ashley Bethel
8-6
6-3
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
8-6
7-5
4-6
6-4
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Walter Ashley Bethel
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Edward A. Crowninshield
6-0
6-0
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Richmond P. Davis
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
E.M. Sergeant
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
H.S. Thayer
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-4
6-3
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Lewis Perry
3-6
6-4
5-7
6-2
6-0
Challenge Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-1
6-1
6-1
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
8-6
3-2
ret.
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
6-4
6-2
5-7
6-4
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
4-6
6-2
5-7
6-4
6-4
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-2
6-3
6-4
Poule
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-1
6-2
12-10
Poule
Carr Baker Neel 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
8-6
7-5
Poule
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-2
6-4
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Bill Larned
9-7
6-1
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Charles Amherst Chase
6-2
6-1
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Samuel Thompson Chase
6-0
7-5
Poule
George Lawson Wrenn jr 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
8-6
0-6
6-1
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
W.K. Brice
w.o.
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Clay Davidson
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Bert Whitbeck
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Arthur Taylor
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Carman Randolph Runyon
6-2
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Robert M. (Bob) Miles jr
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Ernest Spencer Glassco
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
C.M. Pope
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
6-3
6-2
Final
Carr Baker Neel 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Peyton Howard
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
James Ferry
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Clay Davidson
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-2
6-2
Final
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-3
6-4
Poule
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-0
6-2
6-8
6-2
Poule
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Carroll J. Post Jr.
6-3
6-4
6-3
Poule
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-0
6-3
6-4
Poule
Stephen Caldwell Millett 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
5-7
6-4
6-2
5-7
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
James S. Terry
6-1
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
7-5
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Robert Kelly
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George H. Miles
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Amos Pinchot
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
10-8
6-2
Preliminary Round
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Colonel John C. Goodfellow
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Oviedo Mesick Bostwick
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Yates Pennington
?
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
John Clay Davidson
?
Final
William Gordon Parker 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-3
5-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
E. Preston Clifford
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
William Gordon Parker 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Carman Randolph Runyon
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
William Gordon Parker 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
J.A. Sullivan
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
E.C. Everett
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
George N. Moran
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Raymond Dunham Thurber
6-2
6-2
Final
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-1
8-6
7-5
Round 2
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
4-6
6-1
6-3