John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg (December 7, 1908 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico – April 27, 1978) was a male tennis player from the United States.
He won one major singles tournament, the 1930 U.S. National Championships at Forrest Hills, defeating Frank Shields in the final in four sets. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 in 1930.
In August 1929 he won the singles title at the Seabright Invitational defeating Richard Norris Williams in three straight sets.
In 1962, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
John Doeg was the son of tennis player Violet Sutton and the nephew of Wimbledon and U.S. National singles tennis champion May Sutton.
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