Frank
Guernsey
Male
United States of America
1917-01-19
Orlando, Florida, United States of America
2008-03-20
The Woodlands,Texas, United States of America
Frank Guernsey (1917-2008), a native of Orlando, Florida, grew up playing tennis, winning the high school state singles championships in 1933-1935. Guernsey won the NCAA singles champion playing for Rice Institute in 1938.
In 1939 he won the singles title at the River Oaks Invitational Tournament, a reasonably prestigious tournament at the time. In 1941 he and Don McNeil won the National Indoor Doubles Championship, defeating Jack Kramer and Bobby Riggs in the final. Also in 1941, he teamed up with Bobby Riggs to win the River Oaks Doubles Championship, beating Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder in the final. In 1946 he and Don McNeil successfully defended their National Indoor Doubles Championship, this time defeating Pancho Segura and Alejo Russell in the final.
1935 - 1955
14
233
160
1955 - Sabine District Tournament (Amateur)
1947 - Florida West Coast (Amateur)
1946 - Florida State Championship (Open)
1940 - Southwestern Conference (Amateur)
1940 - Minneapolis Invitational Tournament (Amateur)
1940 - Texas Sectional Championships (Open)
1939 - New York State Championships (Open)
1939 - River Oaks Tournament (WCT Circuit)
1939 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1938 - Pennsylvania Clay Courts (Open)
1938 - New York State Championships (Open)
1938 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1936 - Tennessee Valley Invitation (Open)
1936 - South Atlantic States Tournament (Amateur)
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Livingston Taylor
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Robert (Bobby) Wertheimer
6-1
6-2
Round 4
Vic Seixas 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-3
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
James Gordon Schmidt Sr
2-6
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Guy Filosof
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gordon Edward Warden
3-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alberto Danel
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Malcolm Fox 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-10
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gerald West
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gardnar Mulloy 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Lorne Main 1 *
Frank Guernsey
2-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alfredo Millet
6-2
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bernard (Tut) Bartzen
6-3
6-3
Final
Gardnar Mulloy 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Harrison Ficks Rowbotham
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Billy Talbert 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
6-2
Round 4
Charles F. Masterson 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Hugh Masters
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
David Lurie
6-3
9-7
Semifinals
Vic Seixas 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Peter Raglan Phillips
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Jacques Grigry 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Ian A. McDonald
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Frank Shields
3-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Tony Trabert
6-4
6-3
Final
Frederick (Fred) Kovaleski 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edward (Eddie) Moylan 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Parker 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bryan Meharg
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Grant Shaffer
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
William (Billy) Pou
6-1
3-6
6-0
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Jack Meredith Tuero
6-3
6-4
4-6
6-1
Final
Bryan Grant 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
O.S. Stewart
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
William (Billy) Windham
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Nathan Norman (Norm) Copeland
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Enrique Buse
?
Final
Jack Meredith Tuero 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
5-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Lloyd Bates
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Johnny Dennis
6-4
6-4
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Jack Meredith Tuero
6-4
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Emery Neale
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Edward (Eddie) Moylan 1 *
Frank Guernsey
1-6
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Edward (Ed) McGrath
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Joseph (Joe) Fishbach
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
George E. Richards
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Parker 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bruce Thomas
1-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Frank Guernsey
3-6
6-3
17-15
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Robert (Bob) Kerdasha
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Emery Neale
4-6
9-7
6-4
Round 3
Alejo Russell 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
8-6
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Falkenburg
6-1
6-2
Round 3
George Pero 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-10
ret.
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gayle Kellogg
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alejo Russell 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Robert A. Low
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
William (Bill) Lurie
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Enrique Buse
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Pancho Segura 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Randall O. Rose
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Campbell Gillespie
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Harris Everett
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Billy Talbert 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Wilbert Randolph (Bill) Davis
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Enrique Buse
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Pride Morey Lewis
6-2
6-2
6-2
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alejo Russell
6-3
11-9
6-1
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Allan Dee
6-2
6-4
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Campbell Gillespie
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alejo Russell
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Gardnar Mulloy 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-3
6-8
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alan Scott Watson
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Elwood Thomas Cooke
3-6
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Seymour Greenberg 1 *
Frank Guernsey
3-6
3-6
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
George Collins
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Don McNeill 1 *
Frank Guernsey
7-5
5-7
6-4
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Harrison Ficks Rowbotham
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gardnar Mulloy
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Sidney Wood jr. 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
K. West Jr.
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Robert Madden
10-8
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Randall Clark Jr.
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
2-6
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Xavier Fernandez
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Ed (Lefty) Brown
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jack Kramer 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Rufus Ashby
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Sewall Welch
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gardner Larned
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
A. Douglas
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Vincent T. Paul
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Frank Shields
6-8
10-8
9-7
6-0
Round 2
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
Frank Guernsey
3-6
6-3
6-3
11-9
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
August (Gus) Ganzenmuller
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Frank Shields
64-
9-7
Quarterfinals
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Richard Pierce (Dick) Cooley
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Robert Harman 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-3
Preliminary Round
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Adriano Zappa
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Don McNeill
7-5
4-6
6-4
Final
Elwood Thomas Cooke 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Henry Batjer
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Charles Hare
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Wilmer Allison
4-6
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-6
8-6
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bernard Jacoby
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-2
6-2
6-0
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
George A. Ball
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
M. Padros
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Jaime Durall Pujol
5-7
6-0
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alejo Russell
6-4
3-6
9-7
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
Don McNeill 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-3
4-6
2-6
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
August (Gus) Ganzenmuller
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gilbert A. Hunt
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Don McNeill 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
August (Gus) Ganzenmuller
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bill Hardie
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Vincent T. Paul
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Elwood Thomas Cooke
4-6
6-4
6-1
6-4
Final
Don McNeill 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
6-1
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Humberto Costa
6-2
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Don McNeill 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-6
12-10
6-3
Poule
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Héctor Américo Cattaruzza
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Elwood Thomas Cooke 1 *
Frank Guernsey
4-6
6-2
7-5
6-1
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Robert (Bobby) Curtis
6-1
6-2
2-6
6-1
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Charles Olewine
4-6
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Franjo Puncec
6-1
3-6
2-6
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
George Toley
6-0
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Ted Schroeder
6-3
6-3
8-6
Round 4
Joseph Hunt 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
7-5
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
W. West
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Richard B. Jones
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Clifford Sutter
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-1
3-6
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Morton (Monty) Kline
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Darrell Hudlow
3-6
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Richard (Dick) McKee 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Richard F. (Dick) Downing
6-8
6-0
6-2
Round 3
George Toley 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Edward Charles (Ed) Alloo
3-6
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Gene Mako 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
1-6
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
W.T. Kissell Jr
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Willis Anderson
6-3
8-6
Round 4
David G. Freeman 1 *
Frank Guernsey
2-6
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
George Toley
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Welby Van Horn 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gerard B. (Jeff) Podesta
11-9
6-1
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Billy Talbert
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bobby Riggs
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gilbert A. Hunt 1 *
Frank Guernsey
7-5
7-5
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Richard (Dick) McKee
1-6
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
William E. (Billy) Gillespie
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Gardnar Mulloy 1 *
Frank Guernsey
9-7
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Earl Putnam Bartlett Jr.
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter
6-2
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
John Hal Surface jr
1-6
6-3
2-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Frank Kovacs
4-6
7-5
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Ted Schroeder 1 *
Frank Guernsey
2-6
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Robert Kreplin (Bob) Kamrath 1 *
Frank Guernsey
7-5
3-6
6-2
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Phil Rubel
5-7
6-1
6-4
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Charles F. Masterson
2-6
8-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Bernard Jacoby
6-3
8-6
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
William E. (Billy) Gillespie
6-0
6-3
4-6
6-0
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Frank Joseph Bowden
6-3
6-1
6-1
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Chester Murphy
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Abraham Ronald Lubin
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
5-7
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Douglas Imhoff 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
1-6
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
John Foreman
7-5
6-4
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gilbert A. Hunt
4-6
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Frank Parker 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Carl Fischer
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Lewis (Lew) Wetherell
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Bryan Grant 1 *
Frank Guernsey
9-7
1-6
6-2
Round 1
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Charles Victor Shostrom
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Donald S. Hawley
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Frank Parker 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-6
6-3
Round 3
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Samuel Gilpin
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Billy Talbert
6-2
9-7
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Pride Morey Lewis
9-7
10-8
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Don McNeill
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
B.W. Morris
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Frank Kovacs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
10-8
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Wilson Andrew Rood
6-3
6-0
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Joseph (Joe) Fishbach
6-2
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Gerard B. (Jeff) Podesta
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Pride Morey Lewis
7-5
6-4
6-3
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Julius David Heldman
6-4
12-10
8-6
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Pride Morey Lewis
6-4
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Wayne R. Sabin 1 *
Frank Guernsey
7-5,6-2,1-6,7-5
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Lee Huber
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Merrimon Cunningim
6-0
5-7
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Louis Faquin Jr
6-2
6-4
7-5
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
1-6
3-6
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Don Doyle
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
E. Farnum
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Alfred Jarvis
6-3
6-2
Round 4
Don Budge 1 *
Frank Guernsey
1-6
11-9
6-4
6-4
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Arthur Hendrix
6-4
0-6
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Sidney Wood jr.
8-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Vernon Marcum
6-0
2-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
George A. Ball
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Walter Senior 1 *
Frank Guernsey
4-6
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Frank Guernsey 1 *
A.D. Lockey
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Frank Guernsey
1-6
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Arthur Hendrix 1 *
Frank Guernsey
8-6
8-6
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
W. Gregory
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Harris 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Russell Bobbitt
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter 1 *
Frank Guernsey
4-6
6-4
6-8
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
James Halverstadt
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Arthur Hendrix
6-3
4-6
6-3
6-4
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Clayton Lee (Teddy) Burwell
6-3
1-6
8-6
1-6
6-3
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Dunlap Cannon
9-7
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Harris 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Vernon Marcum
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Archie Henderson
6-4
2-6
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Robert (Lefty) Bryan 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Frank Guernsey 1 *
D.D. Barr
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
William B. Reese 1 *
Frank Guernsey
w.o.