Edgar Welch Leonard (June 19, 1881 – October 7, 1948) was a Harvard graduate and male

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player from the United States. He is best known for his gold medal at the St. Louis Olympics (1904) in the men's doubles event, with partner

Beals Wright Beals Coleman Wright (December 19, 1879 – August 23, 1961) was an American tennis player who was active at the end of the 1890s and early 1900s. He won the singles title at the 1905 U.S. National Championships. Wright was a two-time Olympic g ...

. In the men's singles event, he won a bronze medal. Leonard reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in

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and the quarterfinals in 1901 and

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. At the Cincinnati Open in 1904, Leonard was a singles quarterfinalist and a doubles finalist (with Beals Wright).

References

*''From Club Court to Center Court, The Evolution of Professional Tennis in Cincinnati'' by Phillip S. Smith

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* * 1881 births 1948 deaths American male tennis players Harvard University alumni Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in tennis Olympic gold medalists for the United States in tennis Tennis players at the 1904 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-tennis-bio-stub