John Thomas Godfray Hope
Doeg
Male
United States of America
1908-12-07
Sonora, Mexico
1978-04-27
Redding, Ca., United States of America
John ‘Johnny’ Doeg is known as being the fourth ever left handed US tennis champ. In his career, he has a US Singles titles and several doubles. He was also a finalist for the Wimbledon doubles and was member of the Davis Cup. Doeg is also most known for having prevented a reigning tennis champion from getting another singles title.
Born John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg in December 07, 1908, he was a formidable left handed, 6 foot player.
He was the third child and third son of Harold Hope Doeg and the former tennis player Violet Maud Sutton. He was the nephew of Wimbledon and U.S. National singles tennis champion May Sutton.He was born in Mexico and he grew up in California graduated of Stanford University. He became a U.S. citizen in 1933.
In his junior career, he won the Junior Singles title in 1926. In 1929, Doeg won a Doubles tithe during the US open. He did the same thing the following year. He was also a member of the US team during the Davis Cup in 1930. In the same year, he was ranked No. 1 un the US Tennis ranking and No. 4 in the world . A year before that in 1929, he had secured the No. 7 spot in the Tennis World Ranking. He remained in the US top 10 ranking from 1927 to 1931.
In 1929, he won the Southern California Singles Championship and the Seabright Invitational where he defeated Richard Norris Williams in three straight sets.
His opponents feared him because of his unrelenting speed and strength. He could easily wear his opponents down with consecutive hits. In 1930, he fulfilled his promise and won his first and only major singles tournament, the 1930 U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, defeating Frank Hunter in the quarter finals, Bill Tilden in the semi finals and Frank Shields in the final in four sets.
He was the fourth left handed American Tennis player to win a singles title in the US Open during the 1930s. Other left-handed players include Beals Wright, Bob Wrenn and Lindley Murray. His US Open singles win against Tilden was the latter’s last Forest Hills bid.
Doeg was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1962. He spent the remainder of his life in California and he died in Redding in 1978.
1925 - 1940
25
157
112
1939 - New England Championships (Open)
1931 - Orange Invitation (Amateur)
1931 - Bermuda Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Arrange LTC Invitational (Amateur)
1930 - Southeastern Championships (Amateur)
1930 - Florida East Coast (Amateur)
1930 - New Orleans Invitational (Amateur)
1930 - Orange Invitation (Amateur)
1930 - United North and South tournament (Amateur)
1930 - US Open (Grandslam)
1929 - Nassau Bowl (Amateur)
1929 - Rhode Island State Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Longwood Bowl (Amateur)
1929 - Seabright Invitational (Amateur)
1929 - Southern California Championship (Open)
1929 - Pacific Southwest Championships (Open)
1928 - Eastern Grass Court Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Rhode Island State Championships (Amateur)
1928 - New England Championships (Open)
1928 - Orange Invitation (Amateur)
1928 - Ontario Championships (Open)
1927 - Longwood Bowl (Amateur)
1927 - Rhode Island State Championships (Amateur)
1925 - South Dakota Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Utah State Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
David S. Johnsen
6-2
2-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Edwin Amark 1 *
John Doeg
4-6
6-1
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Arthur Julius Marx 1 *
John Doeg
5-7
6-3
6-3
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Leon Everett
8-6
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Adrian Quist 1 *
John Doeg
7-9
6-2
6-8
6-3
6-0
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Donald H. Manchester
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Doeg
6-2
5-7
7-5
Round 2
John (Jack) Shostrom 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
6-3
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Albert Henry Stitt
w.o.
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Holbrook Hyde
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Martin Buxby
6-1
6-2
6-1
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Joseph (Joe) Fishbach
8-6
9-7
6-4
Round 2
William E. (Billy) Gillespie 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
8-6
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
William Edward Murphy
4-6
6-1
6-2
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Jack Mahoney
7-5
6-1
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Frank Joseph Bowden
8-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Parker 1 *
John Doeg
5-7
7-5
13-11
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Arthur J. (Art) Prochaska
6-1
6-2
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Chauncey Depew Steele Jr.
6-2
3-6
6-2
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Martin Buxby
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Don McNeill 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
13-11
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Robert (Bob) Kerdasha
5-7
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
August (Gus) Ganzenmuller
2-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Parker 1 *
John Doeg
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
James Gamble
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Marshall Chambers 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
2-6
3-5
ret.
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Glenn McConnell
6-1
6-0
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Dick Spindle
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Dave N. Jones jr
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Bryan Grant 1 *
John Doeg
6-2
8-6
10-8
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Arthur Voss
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Chauncey Depew Steele Jr. 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
4-6
8-6
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Edward (Eddie) McKnight
6-?
7-5
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
George Dunklin
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
George A. Pryor
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
6-2
14-12
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Martin Buxby
6-1
5-7
6-4
Round 3
Robert Kreplin (Bob) Kamrath 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
6-4
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Glenn Wilson
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wayne R. Sabin 1 *
John Doeg
6-0
6-1
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur
5-7
6-1
6-0
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Clifford Sutter
6-3
5-7
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Gilbert A. Hunt
w.o.
Semifinals
Wayne R. Sabin 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
3-6
8-6
6-2
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
John (Jack) Shostrom
9-7
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Douglas Imhoff
6-3
6-3
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Gene Mako 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
G. Slaton
10-8
6-2
Semifinals
Gene Mako 1 *
John Doeg
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Hecht 1 *
John Doeg
7-5
2-6
6-3
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
J. Norman Anderson
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Clifford Sutter
5-7
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Wayne R. Sabin 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Archie Henderson 1 *
John Doeg
7-5
6-3
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Raymond (Ray) Antignat
7-5
9-7
Round 2
Chauncey Depew Steele Jr. 1 *
John Doeg
7-5
6-3
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Lewis (Lew) Wetherell
?
Quarterfinals
Sidney Wood jr. 1 *
John Doeg
8-10
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Sidney Wood jr. 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Willisford Bennett (Ben) Dey
4-6
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Robert Underwood 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
4-6
9-7
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Robert (Lefty) Bryan
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Henry Culley 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
7-5
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Keith Werner
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Edward (Eddie) Jacobs
6-4
1-6
2-6
6-0
6-3
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Edward T. Herndon
10-8
6-3
10-12
6-3
Round 4
John Doeg 1 *
Bryan Grant
6-0
4-6
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Frank Shields
6-2
11-9
4-6
8-6
Semifinals
George Lott 1 *
John Doeg
7-5
6-3
6-0
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
H.B. Kirkpatrick
6-1
6-0
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Brownlow Eve
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
H.L. Hill
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Herbert L. Bowman
6-3
6-4
1-6
6-1
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
2-6
6-1
0-6
6-3
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Clifford Sutter
6-4
7-5
4-6
6-4
Final
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
John Doeg
4-6
6-3
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Henry Dillard
6-2
6-0
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Karl Fred Kamrath
6-3
3-6
8-6
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Edward W. (Eddie) Burns
7-5
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sidney Wood jr. 1 *
John Doeg
6-1
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Jack Tidball
4-6
6-3
8-6
Final
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
John Doeg
10-12
6-8
6-3
8-6
6-1
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-3
6-2
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Nigel G. Sharpe
6-3
6-1
4-6
4-6
6-1
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Alfred Louis (Freddie) Della Porta
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Christian Boussus
5-7
6-1
12-14
6-0
6-2
Round 4
John Doeg 1 *
Herman David
6-3
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
6-3
1-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Wilmer Allison 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
4-6
8-6
3-6
7-5
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
W. Barry Wood
6-2
6-2
5-7
4-6
6-2
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
R. Morgan Watt Jr
6-4
4-6
6-2
6-4
Round 4
John Doeg 1 *
Harry Lee
8-6
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Frank Hunter
11-13
6-4
3-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Bill Tilden
10-8
6-3
3-6
12-10
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Frank Shields
10-8
1-6
6-4
16-14
Round 1
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
H.L. Hill
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dean Mathey 1 *
John Doeg
6-2
7-5
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
R.M. Johnson
6-0
6-1
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilmer Allison 1 *
John Doeg
7-9
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Richard T. Murphy
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Frank Shields 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
10-12
6-2
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
G. Carlton Shafer
6-3
6-3
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Donald Cram
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Clifford Sutter
3-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
8-6
6-3
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Samuel Gilpin
9-11
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
4-6
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
7-9
6-3
6-8
6-0
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
John Van Ryn
6-3
6-3
6-2
Final
George Lott 1 *
John Doeg
2-6
6-2
4-6
6-2
8-6
Final
John Doeg 1 *
John Van Ryn
6-4
6-3
1-6
4-6
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
J. Emmett Pare
6-2
6-1
6-2
Final
John Doeg 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
5-7
6-3
3-6
6-3
7-5
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Jerome (Jerry) Lang
5-7
4-6
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
W. Barry Wood
6-2
4-6
6-3
11-9
Round 4
John Doeg 1 *
Julius Seligson
9-11
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Bunny Austin
6-4
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
John Doeg
4-6
6-2
2-6
6-4
6-3
Round 4
John Doeg 1 *
Donald Strachan
10-8
5-7
9-7
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Walter Melville Martin
2-6
6-2
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Jack Wright 1 *
John Doeg
5-7
6-4
6-2
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur
10-8
6-4
8-6
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
12-10
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Dick Williams jr
6-3
7-5
8-6
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Benjamin (Ben) Gorchakoff
7-9
6-4
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Norman Farquharson
?
Final
John Doeg 1 *
John Van Ryn
8-10
7-5
8-6
8-6
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Arnold Jones
5-7
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
8-10
4-6
6-3
6-3
7-5
Final
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur 1 *
John Doeg
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Ricardo Tapia
6-3
7-5
6-8
6-3
Round 2
John Doeg 1 *
Sadakazu Onda
6-4
6-4
1-6
6-4
Round 3
John Doeg 1 *
Bunny Austin
6-4
5-7
6-2
6-8
6-2
Quarterfinals
George Lott 1 *
John Doeg
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 4
John Doeg 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Doeg 1 *
Gilbert Nunns
6-3
6-4
2-6
10-8
Semifinals
Wilmer Allison 1 *
John Doeg
4-6
6-2
6-1
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
?
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur
7-5
8-6
6-1
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Arnold Jones
6-0
6-4
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Alfred H. Chapin Jr.
?
Final
John Doeg 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
6-4
1-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Kenneth B. Appel 1 *
John Doeg
10-8
6-3
3-6
6-2
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Dr Cranston William Holman
6-8
10-8
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Bill Johnston 1 *
John Doeg
8-6
4-6
6-2
5-7
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Arnold Jones
6-4
6-2
7-5
Final
Gerald Stratford 1 *
John Doeg
?
Final
Frank Hunter 1 *
John Doeg
6-3
6-2
3-6
7-5
Round 1
John Doeg 1 *
Heinz Zimmerman
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Louis Thalheimer 1 *
John Doeg
7-5
2-6
6-4
10-12
6-2
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Roger S. Bancroft
6-3
6-4
6-3
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Vic Dixon
6-8
7-5
6-2
6-1