Henry Ward Dawson

Henry Ward Dawson Sr. (November 6, 1890 – 1963) was an American doubles tennis champion with Maurice E. McLoughlin. In 1916 they were the number two seeded American doubles team. That year, they won the Pacific coast double championship and the United States sectional double championship in Chicago, Illinois.

Biography

He was born in Iowa on November 6, 1890, to John Dawson and Mabel Walker. He was raised in Los Angeles, attended the public school system, and then attended Stanford University. After graduation, he went to work for the Mexican Petroleum Company in Tampico, Mexico.[1] He died in 1963.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1916 U.S. National Championships Grass Maurice E. McLoughlin Clarence Griffin
Bill Johnston		 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6

References

  1. ^ Bailey Millard (1924). "H. Ward Dawson". The San Francisco Bay Region" by Vol. 3 page 145-146. Published by The. American Historical Society. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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