Walter Wesbrook
Tennis Player
1898 – 1991
Who was Walter Wesbrook?
Walter Kenneth Wesbrook was an American tennis player and coach.
In 1923, he reached the doubles final at the U.S. Clay Court championship with John Hennessey before falling to brothers Howard and Robert Kinsey of San Francisco, 6–4, 13-11, 6–3. Later that year, he won the Western Lawn Tennis Association championship over George Lott, 6–1, 9–7, 7–5.
Wesbrook played and coached collegiate tennis at the University of Michigan. As a player, he won the Big Ten singles titles in 1919 and 1920, and the Big Ten doubles title with Nicholas Bartz in 1919. He also competed in the pole vault and long jump for the Michigan Wolveriens track team. He could pole vault 12 feet and long jump 23 feet. By 1921, he was the coach at Michigan, and went 8–3 in his one season there.
At the Cincinnati Masters tournament, Wesbrook reached the singles and doubles finals in 1920. He lost the singles title in four tough sets to Hennessey, and, with partner Kenneth Simmons, he lost the doubles final to the team of Hennessey and Fritz Bastian in five sets: 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6.
After his playing career, Wesbrook became a teacher and tennis coach at the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1898
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Died
- Jan 22, 1991
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on July 23, 2013
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