Wilmer Allison

Wilmer Allison
Wilmer Allison
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	December 8, 1904
Date of death:	April 20, 1977
Playing hand:	Right
singles
Career record:	63:21
Career title:	4th
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	16: 3
Career title:	5
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Wilmer Lawson Allison junior (born December 8, 1904 in San Antonio , Texas , † April 20, 1977 in Austin , Texas) was an American tennis player .

biography

The US Davis Cup team of 1929 from left to right: Frank Hunter , Bill Tilden , Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn .

He was the best American tennis player in the mid-1930s and won the 1935 American Championships in Forest Hills as the greatest triumph of his career , when he won Fred Perry 7: 5, 6: 3 and 6: 3 in the semifinals and Sidney Wood 6: 2 in the final , 6-2, 6-3 defeated. In doubles, he was able to secure the first tournament victory of the US National Championships as early as 1931, when he won against Berkeley Bell and Gregory Mangin in three sets alongside John Van Ryn . In 1935 Allison was able to look forward to the double title in Forest Hills again.

At Wimbledon he lost the final to Bill Tilden in 1930 . In doubles, he won here with Johnny Van Ryn in 1929 and 1930.

In the Davis Cup he won 32 matches, but he never won the cup. In 1963 he was accepted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	1928	Canada Masters	Hard court	k. A.	k. A.
2.	1930	Queen's Club	race	Gregory Mangin	6: 4, 8: 6
3.	1935	Queen's Club	race	Clarence Jones	Title shared
4th	1935	US National Championships	race	Sidney B. Wood	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	5th July 1930	Wimbledon	race	Bill Tilden	3: 6, 7: 9, 4: 6
2.	1934	US National Championships	race	Fred Perry	4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 8

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 6, 1929	Wimbledon	race	John Van Ryn	Ian Collins Colin Gregory	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3, 10:12, 6: 4
2.	1930	San Jose	Hard court	John Van Ryn	Cranston Holman Gerald Stratford	7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 0
3.	5th July 1930	Wimbledon	race	John Van Ryn	John Doeg George Lott	6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 2
4th	1931	US National Championships	race	John Van Ryn	Berkeley Bell Gregory Mangin	6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 2
5.	1935	US National Championships	race	John Van Ryn	Don Budge Gene Mako	6: 2, 6: 3, 2: 6, 3: 6, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1930	US National Championships	race	John Van Ryn	John Doeg George Lott	6: 8, 3: 6, 6: 3, 15:13, 4: 6
2.	1932	US National Championships	race	John Van Ryn	Keith Gledhill Ellsworth Vines	4: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6
3.	1934	US National Championships	race	John Van Ryn	George Lott Lester Stoefen	4: 6, 7: 9, 6: 3, 4: 6
4th	July 5, 1935	Wimbledon	race	John Van Ryn	Jack Crawford Adrian Quist	3: 6, 7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 5, 5: 7
5.	1936	US National Championships	race	John Van Ryn	Don Budge Gene Mako	4: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6

Mixed

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1930	US National Championships	race	Edith Cross	Marjorie Morrill Frank Shields	6: 4, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1931	US National Championships	race	Edith Cross	Betty Nuthall George Lott	6: 3, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Wilmer Allison  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Wilmer Allison (English)
• ITF profile Wilmer Allison (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Wilmer Allison (English)
• Wilmer Allison in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Entry in the Handbook of Texas (English)