California tennis great from 1930s Joe Hunt to be honored at U.S. Open

Joseph T. Hunt, a Seattle attorney, places the 1938 Ojai Valley Tennis Club Men's Intercollegiate Doubles trophy, which was won by his great-uncle Joe Hunt, on his mantle.

Joseph T. Hunt, a Seattle attorney, places the 1938 Ojai Valley Tennis Club Men’s Intercollegiate Doubles trophy, which was won by his great-uncle Joe Hunt, on his mantle.  (Mike Kane/ For The Times)

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Joe Hunt was all but lost to history when his WWII plane crashed. Finally, the tennis champ will get his due.

Ojai Valley tennis great

Joe Hunt (background) drives one into the net during his match against Bobby Riggs in the National Tennis Championships at Forest Hills, N.Y., on Sept., 16, 1939.  (Joe Caneva / Associated Press)

Ojai Valley tennis great

Seattle attorney Joseph T. Hunt holds the 1943 U.S. Singles Championship trophy won by his great-uncle, Joe Hunt. (For the Record: A previous version of this caption erred in referring to this trophy as the one discovered in a Westside yard sale.)  (Mike Kane/ For The Times )