Straight Clark

Straight Clark

Full name	Louis Straight Clark
Country (sports)	United States
Born	February 10, 1925 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Died	February 10, 1995(1995-02-10) (aged 70) Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1953)
French Open	QF (1951)
Wimbledon	4R (1952)
US Open	QF (1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1953)[1]
Wimbledon	3R (1951, 1952)[2]
Mixed doubles
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1954)

Louis Straight Clark (February 10, 1925 – February 10, 1995) was an American tennis player in the mid-20th century. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.

A member of the U.S. Davis Cup team, he was 5–0 in matches in 1953 and 1954 (and the latter year, a member of the winning team).

In 1954, he won the singles title at the tournament in Cincinnati, defeating Sammy Giammalva, Sr., 8–6, 6–1, 6–1 in the final.

He reached the final at the Newport Casino Invitational in 1954, only to lose to Ham Richardson 6–3, 9–7, 12–14, 6–8, 10–8, in a match that lasted more than four hours.

In 1951, he knocked off Whitney Reed to reach the final of the Pennsylvania State tennis championship, only to fall to future Hall of Famer Vic Seixas.

When he teamed with fellow American , the pair became one of the top doubles teams of their time. They reached the finals of the U.S. Clay Court Championship, and the semifinals of the U.S. Nationals, upsetting the team of future International Hall of Famers Ken Rosewall and Lew Hoad in the quarterfinals. Clark and Burrows also reached the quarterfinals at the French National Championships, Rome and Wimbledon.

References[]

External links[]

• Straight Clark at the International Tennis Federation
• Straight Clark at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Straight Clark at the Davis Cup
• Tennis Archives

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