Sandy Davenport
American tennis player
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Sebert Ellsworth "Sandy" Davenport III (1912–1960) was an American tennis player.
Davenport, a varsity tennis captain at Harvard University, was the fourth generation of his family to become a dentist.[1]
Active on tour in the 1930s and 1940s, Davenport made the singles third round of the U.S. National Championships on three occasions. In 1934 he scored a significant upset over Gregory Mangin at the Brooklyn tennis championships.[2] He won back to back New Hampshire State Championships and White Mountains Tennis Championships (a joint event) in 1938 and 1939.[3]
During World War II, Davenport was stationed at an army hospital in Europe.[4]
At the time of his death in 1960 he was on the executive of the New York Academy of Dentistry.[5]
Davenport's father, Ellsworth Jr, was a long time tournament referee at Forest Hills.[1]