Clarence Clark
Clarence Munroe Clark (born August 27, 1859 in Germantown , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † June 29, 1937 there ) was an American tennis player .
Career
Clarence Clark won the first American tennis championships in men's doubles against Alexander van Rensselaer and Arthur Newbold 6: 5, 6: 4, 6: 5 in 1881 together with his compatriot, the engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor . A year later he reached the final in the men's singles competition, but lost to Richard Sears 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. Almost a century later, in 1983, he was posthumously inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Clarence Clark in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
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| SURNAME | Clark, Clarence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clark, Clarence Munroe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Germantown , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1937 |
| Place of death | Germantown , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |