Dean Mathey (November 23, 1890 – April 16, 1972) was an American tennis player active in the early 20th century. Namesake of Mathey College at Princeton University, he was raised in Cranford, New Jersey and was a member of the Cranford Golf Club (now called the Echo Lake Country Club). He won the National Clay Court Tennis Doubles Championship twice.[2]

Dean Mathey
Mathey in 1919
Country (sports) United States
BornNovember 23, 1890
Brooklyn, New York
DiedApril 16, 1972(1972-04-16) (aged 81)
Princeton, New Jersey
CollegePrinceton University[1]
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon4R (1919)
US OpenQF (1910)
Other tournaments
WHCC1R (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1922)
US OpenF (1914)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1922)

Tennis career

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Mathey reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1910 and the final of the doubles in 1914. At the tournament in Cincinnati (now known as the Cincinnati Masters), he reached the semifinals in 1916 where he lost in four sets (2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6) to William Johnston.

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A NH NH NH A A A A A A A
French Open NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH A
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A NH NH NH NH 4R A A 2R A A A
US Open 1R 4R Q1 QF 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R 3R 3R A 2R 3R 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R

References

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  1. ^ Princeton Bio
  2. ^ http://cranfordhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012_06_11_11_07_50[permanent dead link]; Dean Mathey by Robert C. Hall (the fascinating story of an extraordinary man and onetime Cranford resident, including Mathey’s diary for all of 1918 during his military service in World War I).; http://pacf.org/dean-mathey/ Archived 2016-11-09 at the Wayback Machine (Dean Mathey was born in 1891 and raised in Cranford, N.J. and was a noted trustee of Princeton University); ;http://matheycollege.princeton.edu/about-us/history (Mathey was the namesake of Mathey College at Princeton University)
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