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Joe Hunt

US tennis player (1919-1945) · United States · On the map · Tennis Players · Died at 25

Joseph Raphael Hunt was an American tennis player of the late 1930s and early 1940s from Southern California. He was the number one ranked American in 1943 and won the US singles championship in his final match. He died off the coast of Florida in an airplane crash during World War II.

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United States Davis Cup team1939

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International Tennis Hall of Fame

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To date he is the only man to win the U.S. boys', junior, collegiate, and men's singles championship.

Country
United States
Category
Tennis Players
Type
Tennis Player
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1945 · aged 25