Maurice McLoughlin
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Full name | Maurice Evans McLoughlin |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | AKA "The California Comet" |
Born | Carson City, NV, U.S. | January 7, 1890
Died | December 10, 1957 Hermosa Beach, CA, U.S. | (aged 67)
Retired | 1919 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1957 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 189–25 (88.3%)[1] |
Career titles | 29[1] |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1914, A. Wallis Myers)[2] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1913Ch) |
US Open | W (1912, 1913) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | W (1912, 1913, 1914) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1913) |
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Maurice Evans McLoughlin (January 7, 1890 – December 10, 1957) was an American tennis player. Known for his powerful serve and overhead volley, McLoughlin was the first male tennis champion from the western United States.[3]
Biography[]
He was born on January 7, 1890 in Carson City, Nevada.[3][4]
At the U.S. Championships, he won the singles twice, 1912[5] and 1913, and the doubles three times with Thomas Bundy, 1912-1914. In 1913 he also became the first American to be a finalist in the singles at Wimbledon when he defeated Stanley Doust in the final of the All-Comers tournament. He lost the Challenge Round in straight sets to defending champion Anthony Wilding.[6][7]
The "California Comet" was the World No. 1 player for 1914.[8] He married Helen Mears in 1918 and they had three children.
He died on December 10, 1957 in Hermosa Beach, California.[3]
Legacy[]
In 1915, McLoughlin published an instructional tennis book titled Tennis as I Play It,[9] ghostwritten by Sinclair Lewis.[10]
McLoughlin was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 1957.
Grand Slam finals[]
Singles: (2 titles, 4 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1911 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1912 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1913 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
6–8, 3–6, 8–10 |
Win | 1913 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 1914 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 6–8, 8–10 |
Loss | 1915 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 0–6, 5–7, 8–10 |
Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1912 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 1913 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 1914 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1915 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 1916 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Maurice McLoughlin: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". Auckland Star. April 17, 1915. p. 15 – via PapersPast.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "'California Comet,' Noted for Flashy Style, Helped Game to National Popularity. Maurice McLoughlin Dies at 67. U.S. Tennis Champion in '12-13". Associated Press in the New York Times. December 12, 1957. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
Maurice E. McLoughlin, tennis star in the early part of the century, died at his home last night after a short illness. He was 67 years old. He suffered a heart attack a week ago.
- ^ "American Lawn Tennis". United States Lawn Tennis Association. 1931. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
Maurice E. McLoughlin, born January 7, 1890; Melville H. Long, born October 18, 1889.
- ^ "M'Loughlin is New Tennis Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. August 27, 1912.
- ^ "Mc'Loughlin Beats Doust At Tennis". New York Times. July 2, 1913. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
Maurice E. McLoughlin of San Francisco, the United States lawn tennis champion, by defeating to-day in three straight sets Stanley N. Doust, the Australasian Davis Cup Captain, in the final round of the all-England lawn tennis singles championship tournament, won the right to challenge A. F. Wilding of New Zealand, the title holder, and the match will be played here on Friday.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 417, 457, 477. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Runyon, Damon (November 1914), "McLoughlin—The World's Greatest Tennis Player", Munsey's Magazine, 53 (11): 331–8
- ^ McLoughlin, Maurice (1915). Tennis As I Play It. New York: George H. Doran.
- ^ Pastore, Stephen R., Sinclair Lewis: A Descriptive Bibliography, New Haven, YALEbooks, 1997, pp.323–5.
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- Maurice McLoughlin at the Davis Cup
- Maurice McLoughlin at the International Tennis Federation
- 1890 births
- 1957 deaths
- American male tennis players
- People from Carson City, Nevada
- People from Hermosa Beach, California
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- Tennis people from California
- Tennis people from Nevada
- United States National champions (tennis)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles