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'''Fred Hagist''' (born April 14, 1932 in Berkeley, ]) was an outstanding American tennis player in the 1950s. | ||
| At the 1952 ], Hagist upset top-seeded and NCAA singles champion ] to reach the singles final against ]. In that best-of-five-sets final, Hagist lost the first set, won the second and was down 0–2 in the third set when he strained a muscle on his right side. A doctor aided him in the locker room, but Hagist was forced to retire. | At the 1952 ], Hagist upset top-seeded and NCAA singles champion ] to reach the singles final against ]. In that best-of-five-sets final, Hagist lost the first set, won the second and was down 0–2 in the third set when he strained a muscle on his right side. A doctor aided him in the locker room, but Hagist was forced to retire. | ||
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Fred Hagist (born April 14, 1932 in Berkeley, California) was an outstanding American tennis player in the 1950s.
At the 1952 Cincinnati Masters, Hagist upset top-seeded and NCAA singles champion Hugh Stewart to reach the singles final against Noel Brown. In that best-of-five-sets final, Hagist lost the first set, won the second and was down 0–2 in the third set when he strained a muscle on his right side. A doctor aided him in the locker room, but Hagist was forced to retire.
To this day, he is the only male player ever to retire in a singles final in Cincinnati's century-old tournament.
Hagist played collegiate tennis at the University of California from 1951 to 1953.
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