Tennis Career
Behr was also a well known lawn tennis star, playing on the United States Davis Cup team in 1907. Behr, with Beals C. Wright, was also runner up in the men's doubles at the 1907 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Norman Brookes and Tony Wilding in three sets, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.
He reached the No. 3 U.S. ranking in both 1907 and 1914.
Behr continued his tennis career after the sinking of the Titanic (see below), and was named to the 1914 U.S. Davis Cup team along with fellow survivor R. Norris Williams. However, Behr, who played on the 1907 U.S. Davis Cup, did not play in the 1914 Davis Cup Challenge Round against Australasia at Forest Hills. In 1915, Behr defeated Maurice McLoughlin, considered the world's best tennis player, in straight sets, 8–6, 7–5, 7–5 to win the tournament in Seabright, New Jersey.
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