Dwight F. Davis
| Dwight Filley Davis, Sr. | |
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| 49th United States Secretary of War | |
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In office October 14, 1925 – March 4, 1929 |
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| President | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | John W. Weeks |
| Succeeded by | James W. Good |
| United States Assistant Secretary of War | |
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In office 1923 – October 14, 1925 |
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| Appointed by | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright |
| Succeeded by | Hanford MacNider |
| Governor-General of the Philippines | |
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In office July 8, 1929 – January 9, 1932 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by |
Eugene Allen Gilmore (acting) |
| Succeeded by |
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. George C. Butte (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dwight Filley Davis July 5, 1879 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1945 (aged 66) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Harvard University Washington University Law School |
| Profession | Politician, tennis player |
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Tennis career |
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| Full name | Dwight Filley Davis, Sr. |
| Born | July 5, 1879 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Died | November 28, 1945 (aged 66) Washington, D.C., USA |
| Turned pro | 1895 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1902 |
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (1900, Karoly Mazak) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| US Open | F (1898, 1899) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (1904) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1901) |
| US Open | W (1899, 1900, 1901) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (1904) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1900, 1902) |
Dwight Filley Davis, Sr. (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929.
Dwight Filley Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 5, 1879.
He reached the All-Comers final for the Men's Singles title at the US Championships in 1898 and 1899. He then teamed up with Holcombe Ward and won the Men's Doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899 to 1901. Davis and Ward were also Men's Doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1901. Davis also won the American intercollegiate singles championship of 1899 as a student at Harvard College.
In 1900 Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor. He was a member of the US team that won the first two competitions in 1900 and 1902, and was also the captain of the 1900 team.
He participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the singles tournament. In the doubles tournament he and his partner Ralph McKittrick lost in the quarter-finals.
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