Leo Ware

Leo Ware
Full nameLeonard Everett Ware
Country (sports) United States
Born(1876-09-27)September 27, 1876
Roxbury, MA, U.S.
DiedDecember 28, 1914(1914-12-28) (aged 38)[1]
Elizabeth, NJ, U.S.
Turned pro1893 (amateur tour)
Retired1902
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeHarvard University
Singles
Highest rankingNo.2 (U.S. ranking)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenSF (1897, 1898, 1899, 1901)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenW (1897, 1898)

Leonard Everett Ware (September 27, 1876 – December 28, 1914) was an American male tennis player of Canadian origin. He won two titles in the men's doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships played at the Newport Casino, and reached the semifinals of the singles four times.

Ware won the interscholastic championship held in Newport, representing Roxbury Latin School.[2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1899 and represented Harvard in the intercollegiate tennis tournament, winning in the men's doubles in 1896, 1897 and 1898 and in the singles in 1898.[3][4]

He won the Canadian Championships in 1897, beating Edwin P. Fischer in the final, and again in 1898, defeating Malcolm Whitman in the final. In March 1898 he won the inaugural edition of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, held in Newton Centre, after defeating Holcombe Ward in the final in three straight sets.[5]

In 1896 he was ranked for the first time in the U.S. top 10 and in 1898 achieved his highest U.S. ranking of No.2 behind Malcolm Whitman.[2]

After his tennis career he became a banker and held several positions in the banking industry in Boston and New York where he worked at the firm Mann, Bill & Ware. Om April 19, 1904 he married Margaret Newcomb and the couple had three children.[6] He died of pneumonia after a brief illness on December 28, 1914.[1][6]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1897 U.S. Championships Grass United States George Sheldon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harold Mahony
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harold Nisbet 		11–13, 6–2, 9–7, 1–6, 6–1
Win 1898 U.S. Championships Grass United States George Sheldon United States Holcombe Ward
United States Dwight Davis 		1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 1899 U.S. Championships Grass United States George Sheldon United States Holcombe Ward
United States Dwight F. Davis 		4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1901 U.S. Championships Grass United States Beals Wright United States Holcombe Ward
United States Dwight F. Davis 		3–6, 7–9, 1–6

References

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  1. ^ a b "Leonard E. Ware Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. December 29, 1914.
  2. ^ a b "Varia". Lawn Tennis and Badminton. Vol. VIII, no. 15. February 11, 1915. p. 179.
  3. ^ "NCAA Championships (1883-1956)". Council of Ivy League Presidents. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  4. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 455, 456, 476. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 338. ISBN 9780047960420.
  6. ^ a b Wright, Irving C., ed. (1915). Wright and Ditson's Official Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston: Wright & Ditson. p. 221.