Karl Behr
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| Full name | Karl Howell Behr |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Born |
May 30, 1885 New York, NY, United States |
| Died | October 15, 1949 (aged 64) Morristown, NJ, United States |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1969 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1907) |
| US Open | F (1906AC) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1907AC) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | F (1907) |
Karl Howell Behr (May 30, 1885 – October 15, 1949) was an American tennis player and banker. He was also a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Karl Howell Behr was born the son of Herman and Grace (née Howell) Behr of New York City. He was the brother of Max H. Behr, the well-known golfer. Behr was educated at Lawrenceville School and attended Yale University and was admitted to the bar association in 1910.
Behr married Helen Monypeny Newsom on March 1, 1913 at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City. The couple had four children together: Karl H. Behr Jr. (1914–2002), Peter Howell Behr (1915–1997), James Howell Behr (1920–1976), and Sally Howell Behr (later Mrs. Samuel Leonard Pettit) (1928–1995). After her husband's death, Helen remarried one of his best friends and former tennis partners, Dean Mathey.
Behr gave up a career in law, instead turning to banking. He was vice-president of Dillon, Read & Co. and sat on the board of the Fisk Rubber Company, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and the National Cash Register Company. At the time of his death, he was a director of the Interchemical Corporation, the Behr-Manning Corporation of Troy, New York, and the Witherbee Sherman Corporation. His clubs included the Downtown, University and Yale, and the St. Nicholas Society.
Behr was also a well known lawn tennis player, playing on the United States Davis Cup team in 1907. Behr, with Beals 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.
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