Ray Casey

For the British geologist, see Raymond Casey (geologist).

Raymond J. Casey (1900 in San Francisco, California – 1986 in Palo Alto, California)^{[citation needed]} was a top-ranked tennis player and coach.

Ray Casey

Casey in 1924
Born	1900 (1900) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	1986 (aged 85–86) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Plays	Left-hand
College	University of California, Berkeley
Singles
Career titles	6
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	4R (1925)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1925)
Coaching career (1950s-1960s)

Career

Casey was a 12-letter athlete at the University of California, Berkeley. A left-hander, he was considered to have one of the fastest serves in the world.^[1]

Casey won the Ojai championships in 1923 by beating Howard Godshall in the final.^[2] He won the Oregon state title in 1924 by beating Phil Neer in the final.^[3] Casey won the Washington state title in 1924 by beating Leon De Turenne in the final.^[4] Casey won the British Columbia title in 1924 by beating A. S. Milne in the final.^[5]

Casey won the Pacific Northwest title in 1924 by beating Neil Brown in the final, which was his fourth title in a month.^[6] Later that year, he won the California state championships, beating Roland Roberts in the final.^[7] In 1925, Casey and John Hennessey reached the finals of the Wimbledon doubles. They lost in five sets to Jean Borotra and René Lacoste.^[8] Casey lost in the last 16 of the singles to Lacoste.^[9]

Casey lost in the final of the Southern Californian tennis championships in 1927 to Jerry Stratford.^[10]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1925	Wimbledon	Grass	John F. Hennessey	Jean Borotra René Lacoste	4–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–1, 3–6

See also

• List of male tennis players