Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
He was also one of the founders of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 1965. Also with Williams, he reached two United States Championship finals and one at Wimbledon. In 1917 Washburn joined the American Expeditionary Forces and served during World War I in France as a Captain in the artillery.
In 1921 Washburn defeated Richard Norris Williams in the final of the Newport Casino Invitational in five sets.
After his tennis career he became an Assistant State Prosecutor. Doubles (3 runners-up).
Born in New York City, he was primarily a doubles player and teamed with Richard Norris Williams to take the Davis Cup in 1921. He won the United States Intercollegiate Doubles Championship in 1913 and the Indoor Doubles Championship in 1915. In July 1915 Washburn and Williams won the doubles title at the Eastern Tennis Championship in Brookline defeating Irving C. Wright and Wallace F. Johnson in four sets.
