Beals Wright

Beals Coleman Wright was born on December 19, 1879, in Boston and lived in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. He died on August 23, 1961, in Alton, Illinois. As centuries turned, he was a national champion. Winning the Interscholastic singles of Boston's Hopkinson School in the year 1898 at the age of 18, even repeating in the following year when he knocked his first 11 entries in the U.S. Top Ten consistently ranking as number 8. He also won a gold medal for singles match in the Olympics on the year 1904, and on that same year, he also won a gold medal for doubles. Wright has been a team member of the Davis Cup from 1905-08 and 1911.

In the year 1905, Wright took Holcombe Ward's throne, he was the second left-handed to win the U.S. Singles following Bob Wrenn. He needed to beat the upcoming champ Bill Clothier and then the ex-champ Bill Larned including Clarence Hobart to climb up to the challenge round to disturb Ward's defenses. Highly energized, Wright had lots of envious matches that wanted to test his playing styles and spinning serves. The peak of his career was on the year 1905 including one of his three victories in the U.S. Doubles titles with Ward, and Davis Cup triumphs over Aussie greats Tony Wilding and Norman Brookes that routed the U.S. Into a losing Cup against Britain. In 1908, he beat Wilding and Brookes for the second time, making him extremely stunning wins at the Davis Cup finale at Melbourne.

Wright was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the year 1956.