Frank T. Anderson
American tennis player
Frank T. Anderson (1902 – January 20, 1979) was an American tennis player in the years after World War 1. He was the holder of 11 men's singles titles over the course of his sporting career.
Biography
Frank T. Anderson was the son of tennis player Fred Anderson. Frank's brother Fred was also a tennis player.
Anderson attended Commercial High School in Brooklyn, New York, where he gained recognition as one of the top tennis players to hail from the city. After graduation he played out of the Kings County Tennis Club of Brooklyn.
Anderson was the back-to-back New York city Junior Metropolitan Tennis champion in 1918 and 1919.
At age 17, Frank served for the match and had match point against Bill Tilden in the semi finals of the US indoors in 1919 in "the most terrific match ever seen on the courts of the Seventh Regiment Armory", but after missing a shot that would have given him victory, lost the long match to Tilden.
Anderson attended Columbia University in New York City, where he was a member of the school's tennis team.
Anderson won the Brooklyn championships in 1920 beating Frank Hunter in the final after coming from 5-2 down in the fifth set to win five straight games.
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