Hugh Stewart (born May 24, 1928) is an American former

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player. Stewart started playing tennis aged 12 on the municipal courts in Los Angeles. As a teenager he also played

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before deciding to focus on tennis. He played his collegiate tennis at the

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and won the doubles title at the 1951 NCAA Tennis Championships partnering Earl Cochell and the following year won the singles title at the 1952 NCAA Tennis Championships. At the

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in 1953 he was a doubles runner-up with

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and

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. In 1956 he won the title partnering

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against Luis Ayala and

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and three years later, in 1959, added a second doubles title, this time with Noel Brown, defeating Barry MacKay and Bill Quillian in the final. His best singles performance at the

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was reaching the fourth round in 1953 which he lost to sixth-seeded

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in straight sets. In doubles he made it to the quarterfinal in 1953 and 1954, on both occasions partnering

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. At the U.S. National Championships his best singles result was reaching the fourth round in 1956 where he lost to second-seeded and eventual champion

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in four sets. His level of play improved in 1954 after travelling for three months as an equipment manager with the professional group of

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. He was a runner-up to

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at the 1954 Bavarian International Championships and won the singles event at the

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in 1955. In 1956 Stewart won the singles title at the Monte-Carlo Championships, defeating

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in a four-sets final. Princess Grace presented the trophies at the 1956 Monte Carlo championships for the first time following her marriage to Prince Rainier. That year he also won the doubles title at the

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in Stockholm together with

. He was a member of the

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in 1952 and 1961 and won all his four matches against players from the Cuban and the Caribbean / West Indies teams respectively. In 2011 Stewart was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA) Hall of Fame.

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