Raymond D. Little

Raymond D. Little

Full name	Raymond Demorest Little
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1880-01-05)January 5, 1880
Died	New York, NY
Turned pro	1897 (amateur tour)
Retired	1916
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	QF (1906)
US Open	SF (1901, 1906)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1906)
US Open	W (1911)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	W (1901)

Raymond Demorest Little (January 5, 1880 – July 29, 1932) was an American tennis player. He was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 eleven times between 1900 and 1912, his highest ranking coming in 1907 when he was ranked No. 4. He played on the United States Davis Cup team, and also won the intercollegiate tennis title for Princeton University in 1900.

Biography

Little was born on January 5, 1880.

At the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters, the oldest tournament in the U.S. played in its original city, Little reached 12 finals in eight appearances between 1900 and 1907: four singles finals, six doubles finals and two mixed doubles finals. In those 12 finals appearances, his only loss came in the singles final of 1903 when he was defeated by Kreigh Collins, an outstanding player out of Chicago.

Little's three singles titles came in 1900, 1901 and 1902, his six doubles titles were in 1900, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1906 & 1907, and his mixed doubles titles came in 1901 with Marion Jones Farquhar and 1905 with May Sutton.

Little won the 1900 American intercollegiate singles tennis championship as a student at Princeton University. At the U.S. National Championships he paired with Gus Touchard to win the 1911 doubles title and reach the 1912 doubles final. He also reached the doubles final in 1900, 1904 and 1908.

He committed suicide on July 29, 1932.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1911	U.S. National Championships	Gustave Touchard	Fred Alexander Harold Hackett	7–5, 13–15, 6–2, 6–4

Mixed doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1901	U.S. National Championships	Marion Jones	Myrtle Rastall Clyde Stevens	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1908	U.S. National Championships	Louise Hammond Raymond	Nathaniel Niles Edith Rotch	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	1909	U.S. National Championships	Louise Hammond Raymond	Wallace F. Johnson Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	2–6, 0–6

External links

• Raymond D. Little at the Davis Cup