Fred Hagist

Fred Hagist (born April 14 1932 in Berkeley, California) was an outstanding American tennis player in the 1950s.

At the 1952 Cincinnati Masters, Hagist upset top-seeded and NCAA singles champion Hugh Stewart to reach the singles final against Noel Brown. In that best-of-five-sets final, Hagist lost the first set, won the second and was down 0–2 in the third set when he strained a muscle on his right side. A doctor aided him in the locker room, but Hagist was forced to retire.

To this day, he is the only male player ever to retire in a singles final in Cincinnati's century-old tournament.

Hagist played collegiate tennis at the University of California from 1951 to 1953.