12 Facts About Beals Wright

1.

Beals Coleman Wright was an American tennis player who was active at the end of the 1890s and early 1900s.

2.

Beals Wright won the singles title at the 1905 US National Championships.

3.

In 1899 Beals Wright traveled with his father to California where he played at the Delmonte Tennis Championship in Monterey.

4.

George Beals Wright managed the team the same year he coached at Harvard.

5.

Beals Wright played at the 1904 St Louis Olympics and won gold medals in both the singles and doubles competition.

6.

Beals Wright won three consecutive singles titles at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters, and reached the doubles final in 1904.

7.

Beals Wright won the Canadian Tennis Championship, played in Niagara-on-the-Lake, in 1902,1903 and 1904.

8.

Beals Wright was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1956.

9.

Beals Wright died in Alton, Illinois on August 23,1961.

10.

Beals Wright is certainly the best in America at low volleys, and is very good overhead.

11.

Beals Wright's volleying is distinctly superior to his ground strokes, and his forehand somewhat stronger than his backhand.

12.

Beals Wright has a good service, which he follows up to the net.