Howard Taylor (tennis)
Full name | Howard Augustus Taylor |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | New York City, United States | November 23, 1865
Died | November 26, 1920[1] (aged 55) New York City, United States |
Turned pro | 1879 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1890 |
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1879) |
US Open | F (1884Ch, 1886, 1887, 1888) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | W (1889) |
Howard Taylor (November 23, 1865 – November 26, 1920) was a tennis player from the United States.
Taylor performed well at the U.S. National Championships, reaching the Challenge Round in 1884 (beating Joseph Clark, Percy Knapp and William Thorne before losing to Richard Sears).[2] Taylor reached the all comers final in 1886 (beating James Dwight and Clark before losing to Robert Livingston Beeckman).[2] He reached the all comers final in 1887 (beating Oliver Campbell before losing to Henry Slocum).[2] Slocum beat him in the all comers final again in 1888. Taylor also won the doubles title in 1889 alongside Slocum, finishing runner-up in 1886 and 1887.
Taylor attended Harvard University, where he was an NCAA singles and doubles champion in 1883.[3] His occupation was a lawyer.[1]
Grand Slam finals[]
Singles (1 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1884 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Richard Sears | 0–6, 6–1, 0–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1886 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Godfrey Brinley | James Dwight Richard Sears |
5–7, 8–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 1887 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Henry Slocum | James Dwight Richard Sears |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1889 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Henry Slocum | Valentine Hall Oliver Campbell |
14–12, 10–8, 6–4 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Howard Augustus Taylor". www.findagrave.com.
- ^ a b c Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. pp. 63–64. OCLC 172306.
- ^ "The Ivy League". www.ivyleaguesports.com. Council of Ivy League Presidents and The Ivy League. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013.
External links[]
- Howard Taylor on the website of The New York Times
- 19th-century American people
- 19th-century male tennis players
- American male tennis players
- Harvard Crimson men's tennis players
- United States National champions (tennis)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- 1865 births
- 1920 deaths
- Tennis people from New York (state)
- American tennis biography stubs