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General First nameLeonard Everett (Leo)
LastnameWare
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1876-09-27
Place of birthRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date of death1914-12-28
Place of deathElizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America


About

Leonard 'Leo' Everett Ware was an American male tennis player of Canadian origin. He won two titles in the men's doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships played at the Newport Casino, and reached the semifinals of the singles four times.

Ware won the interscholastic championship held in Newport, representing Roxbury Latin School. He graduated from Harvard University in 1899 and represented Harvard in the intercollegiate tennis tournament, winning in the men's doubles in 1896, 1897 and 1898 and in the singles in 1898.

He won the Canadian Championships in 1897, beating Edwin P. Fischer in the final, and again in 1898, defeating Malcolm Whitman in the final. In March 1898 he won the inaugural edition of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, held in Newton Centre, after defeating Holcombe Ward in the final in three straight sets.

In 1896 he was ranked for the first time in the U.S. top 10 and in 1898 achieved his highest U.S. ranking of No.2 behind Malcolm Whitman.

After his tennis career he became a banker and held several positions in the banking industry in Boston and New York. He died of pneumonia on December 28, 1914.

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Archive statistics Career1893 - 1902
Tournament wins8
Matches164
Match wins124


Tournament wins 1898 - Canadian International Championships ()
1898 - US International Indoor Championships (Amateur)
1898 - Massachusetts State Championships (Amateur)
1898 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Canadian International Championships ()
1897 - US International Indoor Championships (Amateur)
1895 - Wentworth Invitation (Amateur)
1894 - Harvard Interscholastic amateur Championships (Amateur)


Tournaments US Open - 1902 Longwood Bowl - 1902 US Open - 1901 US Open - 1900 Longwood Bowl - 1900 Massachusetts State Championships - 1900 US Open - 1899 Canadian International Championships - 1899 Longwood Bowl - 1899 Massachusetts State Championships - 1899 Southampton Invitation (Long Island) - 1899 Magnolia Tournament - 1899 US Open - 1898 Canadian International Championships - 1898 Longwood Bowl - 1898 Middle States Championships - 1898 US International Indoor Championships - 1898 Massachusetts State Championships - 1898 Niagara International Tournament - 1898 Intercollegiate Championships - 1898 US Open - 1897 Canadian International Championships - 1897 Middle States Championships - 1897 Western States Championships - 1897 US International Indoor Championships - 1897 Massachusetts State Championships - 1897 Niagara International Tournament - 1897 Wentworth Invitation - 1897 Intercollegiate Championships - 1897 Toronto City Championships - 1897 US Open - 1896 Longwood Bowl - 1896 Niagara International Tournament - 1896 Wentworth Invitation - 1896 Intercollegiate Championships - 1896 Buffalo - 1896 Tuxedo Tournament - 1896 Toronto City Championships - 1896 US Open - 1895 Wentworth Invitation - 1895 US Open - 1894 Longwood Bowl - 1894 Massachusetts State Championships - 1894 New York State Championships - 1894 Wentworth Invitation - 1894 Harvard Interscholastic amateur Championships - 1894 Longwood Bowl - 1893 Harvard Interscholastic amateur Championships - 1893