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General First nameDr Hubert Arthur
LastnameEaton sr
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1916-12-02
Place of birthFayetteville, North Carolina, United States of America
Date of death1991-09-04
Place of deathWilmington, North Carolina, United States of America


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Hubert Eaton notably won the men’s doubles event at the American Tennis Association (ATA) Championships four times, always with George Stewart: in 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1956.
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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_A._Eaton

Hubert Arthur Eaton was an American physician, civil rights activist, and tennis player in North Carolina. The son of a Winston-Salem physician, Eaton attended Johnson C. Smith University on a tennis scholarship after winning the 1933 national junior championship of the American Tennis Association (ATA), the African-American counterpart to the United States Tennis Association. He would go on to win the ATA national doubles championship, and served as the coach and mentor of Althea Gibson, the first black Wimbledon champion.

Eaton attended the University of Michigan Medical School and then established a practice in Wilmington, NC, where he was a distinguished physician and noted civil rights activist, fighting for access to recreational facilities, the desegregation of public schools, and, most notably, the fight for access to public hospital facilities for black physicians.

In 1956, Eaton was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against a public hospital that, by policy, only granted hospital privileges to white physicians. After he prevailed in court, Eaton remarked: “If you don't know what to do, go to court; that is the only way we know of in Wilmington, North Carolina.” Eaton later worked to desegregate patient wards, stating that the black community “[did not] want a partially integrated hospital where everything will be integrated except patients”.

In 1964, Eaton was charged with murder. A trial was held, but the judge ordered a directed verdict of not guilty by reason of insufficient evidence before the jury began deliberations.

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Archive statistics Career1954 - 1954
Tournament wins0
Matches1
Match wins0


Tournaments US Open - 1954