Harold Wiese played the long game. 

His first tournament came in 1926, Class A at O'Fallon Park. His last came in 1990, at the USTA National Indoor Championships. In between, he won or reached the finals in more than 75 tournaments, across 75 years of competitive play. 

He was a high-ranking junior. At Washington University, he was a three-year letterwinner and captained the 1930 team that won the Missouri Valley Conference championship. Alongside doubles partner Vernon Tietjen, he advanced to the championship match of the National Intercollegiate Tennis Meet, where they fell to a Northwestern team in five sets. 

In the 1940s, Wiese and Allan Carvell won district, MUNY, and Midwest doubles titles together. 

In 1988, at 79, Wiese won the USTA National 75s Grass Court doubles title. Off the court, he'd built Wiese Planning & Engineering into a company with more than $100 million in sales and 20 branches across three states. He went on to reach the USTA National 80s Hardcourt final and the 1990 USTA Men's Indoor doubles final. He also competed in three Senior International team competitions. 

At ninety, he was still on the court. 

(2001)