Howard Oreon Kinsey (December 3, 1899 – July 26, 1966) was an American

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player in the 1920s. He was originally from

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Playing record

His most significant championships were the 1926 French National men's doubles championship, where he and

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beat

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and

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(a pairing who went on to win three other French National doubles titles) in the final, and the 1924

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men's doubles championship with his brother

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wrote of the pair that he had "seldom seen a team work together more smoothly than the Kinseys." In 1926, he reached the Wimbledon final, losing to

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. Kinsey was ranked world No. 7 in 1924 by A. Wallis Myers in his amateur rankings for ''The Daily Telegraph''. As a pro, ''American Lawn Tennis Magazine'' ranked Kinsey as world No. 6 in 1930. Later in 1926, he went on to be one of the first players signed up 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. In 1936, he and

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volleyed a tennis ball back and forth 2,001 times without missing. The feat took them 1 hour and 18 minutes. They only broke off the exchange so that Kinsey could go teach a lesson that he had scheduled. Kinsey is a member of the

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Hall of Fame.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (1 runner-up)

Doubles: (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Mixed Doubles (1 runner-up)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinsey, Howard American male tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Tennis players from San Francisco United States National champions (tennis) 1899 births 1966 deaths Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Professional tennis players before the Open Era