Robert Kinsey
Appearance
Country (sports) | United States Mexico |
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Born | 9 May 1897 |
Died | 18 September 1964 | (aged 67)
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | QF (1921, 1923) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | W (1924) |
Team competitions |
Robert Gladstone Kinsey (May 9, 1897 – September 18, 1964) was an American male tennis player.
In 1921, Kinsey reached the quarter finals of the US championships. He reached the quarters again in 1923 (beating twice former finalist Wallace Johnson in round one before losing to Frank Hunter).[1] In 1924, he won the U.S. National Championship men's doubles championship with his brother Howard Kinsey by defeating the Australian team of Gerald Patterson and Pat O'Hara in four sets.[2]
Kinsey represented Mexico in the Davis Cup, competing in three ties between 1927 and 1929.[3]
Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles: (1 title)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1924 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Howard Kinsey | Pat O'Hara Wood Gerald Patterson |
7–5, 5–7, 7–9, 6–3, 6–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881–1966. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 101. OCLC 172306.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "Robert Kinsey - Player profile". daviscup.com. Retrieved April 6, 2019.