Gustave F. Touchard was a tennis player in the early part of the 20th century. He was ranked as high as No. 4 in the United States during his career.

Biography

He was born in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 on January 11, 1888.

At the US Nationals, Touchard paired with Raymond D. Little

Raymond D. Little

Raymond Demorest Little was an American tennis player who committed suicide in 1932. He was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 eleven times between 1900 and 1912, his highest ranking coming in 1907 when he was ranked 4th...

 to win the 1911 doubles title and reach the 1912 doubles final.

At the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters

Cincinnati Masters

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, Touchard won the 1912 singles title over Richard H. Palmer

Richard H. Palmer

Richard H. Palmer of Ridgewood, New Jersey, was an outstanding tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century. In 1908, he cracked the United States singles Top 10, coming in at No. 10. A lefty, he was known as The New Jersey Southpaw....

. He reached the singles final in 1913 losing to William S. McEllroy.

He won the National Indoor title three consecutive years (1913, 1914 & 1915) and won the singles title at the New Jersey state championship in 1915. In 1912, he reached the final of the US Clay Court Championship

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

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, losing to Richard Norris Williams.

He joined the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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. He died in 1918 in Toronto General Hospital

Toronto General Hospital

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 of a throat

Throat

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operation.