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Revision as of 14:42, 19 November 2008 by Seicer (talk | contribs) (rv. no need to link to dates; overlinking)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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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