Howard Kinsey

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox tennis biography Howard Oreon Kinsey (December 3, 1899 – July 26, 1966) was an American tennis player in the 1920s. He was originally from St Louis.<ref>Template:Cite news </ref>

Playing record

His significant championships were the 1926 French National men's doubles championship, where he and Vincent Richards beat Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon (a pairing who went on to win three other French National doubles titles) in the final, and the 1924 U.S. National men's doubles championship with his brother Robert Kinsey.

Bill Tilden wrote of the pair that he had "seldom seen a team work together more smoothly than the Kinseys."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1926, he reached the Wimbledon final, losing to Jean Borotra.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Kinsey was ranked world No. 7 in 1924 by A. Wallis Myers in his amateur rankings for The Daily Telegraph.<ref name="USLTAEncyclopedia"/> As a pro, American Lawn Tennis Magazine ranked Kinsey as world No. 6 in 1930.<ref name="Vaderland">Template:Cite journalTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Later in 1926, he was one of the early players signed by the promoter Charles C. Pyle to play in his professional tennis league. After a split with Pyle, he joined Richards in forming an association of professional tennis players.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1936, he and Helen Wills Moody volleyed a tennis ball back and forth 2,001 times without missing. The feat took them 1 hour and 18 minutes. They only stopped the exchange so that Kinsey could go teach a lesson that he had scheduled.

Kinsey is a member of the USTA Northern California Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1926	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jean Borotra	6–8, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1924	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Template:Flagicon Robert Kinsey	Template:Flagicon Pat O'Hara Wood Template:Flagicon Gerald Patterson	7–5, 5–7, 7–9, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1926	French Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vincent Richards	Template:Flagicon Jacques Brugnon Template:Flagicon Henri Cochet	6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1926	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Vincent Richards	Template:Flagicon Jacques Brugnon Template:Flagicon Henri Cochet	5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1926	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mary Browne	Template:Flagicon Kitty McKane Template:Flagicon Leslie Godfree	3–6, 4–6

See also

• Professional Tennis Championships

External links

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