Allen Behr
Allen Hawthorne Behr was an American tennis player. He was active from 1909 to 1933 and won 7 career singles titles.
Career
Amateur circuit
Allen Behr was born in New York City on 17 May 1890. He originally played on amateur USNLTA Circuit starting in June 1909 at his first singles competition at the Metropolitan Championships of New York played at the West Side Tennis Club, with a draw of eighty he lost in the preliminary round. He took part in the U.S. National Championships in 1918, 1920, 1925 and 1927.His main amateur career highlights include winning the Norfolk Invitation Tournament, Yonkers City Championships, Brooklyn Championships , Greater New York Championships, Bergen County Open and the Nipnichsen Club Invitation. In addition he was finalist at the Queensboro Championships, New Jersey State Championships, and the Kings County Championships,
In the early winter of 1927 he travelled to Europe to take part in events on the French Riviera Circuit. He was a finalist at the Cannes Gallia Club Championship losing to Henri Cochet. He reached the semi-finals of the Cannes New Court Club tournament, the Cannes Metropole Hotel Championship and Beaulieu International Championships. He won the Cannes Beau Site Hotel New Year Meeting against Charles Aeschlimann. He played his final amateur tournament on the ILTF World Circuit at the Canadian Covered Court Championships where he lost in the quarter finals to George Lott.