Athletes - Nat Emerson

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Nathanial C. Emerson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio (circa 1875), and was ranked in the ranked in U.S. tennis top ten (No. 7) in 1908 and in the top 20 in 1909 (No. 17) and 1907 (No. 19). He also was ranked in U.S. top 10 in doubles (No. 9) in 1907.

He was a singles semifinalist at the 1908 U.S. National Championship (now known as the U.S. Open), and a doubles finalist at the U.S. National Championship in 1906 & 1908 (both times with L. Harry Waidner). They lost to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Fred Alexander and Harold Hackett in 1906, and Raymond D. Little and future Hall of Famer Beals Wright in 1908.

At the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters he:

Was the first men’s singles winner (1899)
Was a singles finalist in 1908
Defeated future Hall of Famer Fred Alexander
in 1900 semifinals
Won five doubles titles – 1899 (with Burton Hollister), 1902 & 1903 (with Ernie Diehl), 1907 (with Ray Little), and 1908 (with William P. Hunt).
Reached the doubles final in 1900 (with Diehl) and 1905 (with Robert Mitchell)
Still holds the record for most round of 16 appearances all-time at the Cincinnati Masters with 12 (tied with his brother, H. Truxton Emerson, and Michael Chang
)

Also, he was:

Singles champion at the 1899 & 1900 Ohio State singles tournament
Singles winner at the Western Tennis Championship in 1907 & 1908
Singles finalist at the Western Tennis Championship in 1905, 1906 and 1907
Doubles winner of the Western Tennis Championship in 1906 & 1908
Singles winner of the 1908 Northwestern Championships
Singles winner and doubles finalist at the 1915 Tennessee State championships

He was inducted into the Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.

Emerson was born circa 1875 in Cincinnati, but by 1911 he had moved to North Yakima, Washington, where he owned an apple orchard. Later he lived in Memphis, Tennessee.

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