Nat Emerson


Nathaniel C. Emerson was a top-ranked American amateur tennis player in the early 20th century.

Personal life

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 25, 1874 to Henry Emerson, Jr. & Eleanor Caldwell, he moved to Yakima, Washington by 1911, where he owned an apple orchard. Later he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he died on October 25, 1958, his 84th birthday.

Tennis career

He was ranked in the ranked in U.S. tennis top ten in 1908 and in the top 20 in 1909 and 1907. In the national doubles rankings, he was ranked No. 6 in 1908 and No. 9 in 1907.
He was a singles semifinalist at the 1908 U.S. National Championship, and a doubles finalist at the U.S. National Championship in 1906 & 1908. They lost to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Fred Alexander and Harold Hackett in 1906, and Raymond D. Little and Beals Wright in 1908.
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He was inducted into the Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.