Wilbur Eugene
Hess
Male
United States of America
1913-00-00
, -
1992-00-00
Texas, United States of America
Wilbur Eugene Hess (1913-1992) started playing tennis at age 7 on a summer vacation to Seattle, Washington. While attending Central High School in Fort Worth, he won the city, district and state high school singles. As a senior in 1931, he was ranked 12th in national juniors. From 1933 to 1935 he played at Rice Institute. While at Rice he won the Intercollegiate Singles Championship (now called the National Collegiate or NCAA) his senior year, losing only one set.
Shortly after graduating from Rice in 1935, Hess became a junior member at Houston Country Club. He became a stockholding member in 1948. As a junior member, he won the club singles championship in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1948. He won the doubles championship twelve times: in the 1940s with James Addison Baker Jr., the early 1950s with Francis Wood Humphrys, and in the late 1950s and early 1960s with Robert William Krutz. Hess played top-flight tennis in the U.S. and Canada for years, winning many honors and ranking as high as No. 16 nationally as late as 1945. He continued his interest in tennis as a patron of junior programs.
Texas Tennis
1933 - 1941
3
41
23
1937 - Sabine District Tournament (Amateur)
1935 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Texas Sectional Championships (Open)
Round 2
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-2
10-8
Round 2
Edward Charles (Ed) Alloo 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Russell Eugene Ball
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Guernsey 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 3
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ed (Lefty) Brown 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-2
11-9
Round 2
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
H. Monire
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Joseph Hunt
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-4
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
W. Proctor
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Henry Clifton
6-0
6-3
3-6
6-1
Final
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Clair Hudson
6-1
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
John Nogrady
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Robert Harman
7-5
6-2
5-7
2-6
6-4
Round 4
Bryan Grant 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
7-5
5-7
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Bruce Baxter
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
7-5
6-4
2-6
6-3
Round 3
Bryan Grant 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
John Upshur Moorhead Jr
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
13-15
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Berkeley Bell
3-6
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Edgar Weller
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Robert Campbell Van Vliet
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Barnard Welsh
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Parker 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Ross Alfred Wilson 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Maxwell Gurman
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Trevor Weiss
6-4
6-4
Round 4
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Richard (Dick) Bennett
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Paul Guibord
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter
7-5
7-5
6-1
Final
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Leonard S. Patterson
6-1
7-9
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
V. Johns
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Jack Tidball 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Frank Parker 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Joe Harris
6-2
4-6
8-6
Round 4
Jack Tidball 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-4
6-2
Final
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Jesse Pfeiffer
7-9
6-1
6-2
7-5
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-4
6-2
6-2
Final
Edward (Eddie) Jacobs 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
7-5
5-7
6-3
6-2