Malcolm Whitman
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| Full name | Malcolm Douglass Whitman |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". New York City, United States |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". New York City, United States |
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| Turned pro | 1896 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1917 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1955 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 110–28 (79.7%)[1] |
| Career titles | 17[1] |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1900, ITHF)[2] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | W (1898, 1899, 1900) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1900, 1902) |
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Malcolm "Mal" Douglass Whitman (March 15, 1877 – December 28, 1932) was an American tennis player who won three singles titles at the U.S. National Championships.
Biography
He graduated from The Roxbury Latin School, where he is celebrated as one of its greatest athletes. Whitman was American intercollegiate singles tennis champion in 1896[3] and doubles champion in 1897 and 1898[4] as a student at Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899 and received his bachelor in law degree in 1902.[5]
In 1896, Whitman entered his first U.S. National Championships at the Newport Casino and lost in the quarterfinals to Bill Larned. In 1897, he lost in the quarterfinals, this time against Harold Nisbet.[6] Whitman is best known for this hat-trick of singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. Between 1898 and 1900, he stayed undefeated there. In 1901, he did not compete and in the 1902 Championships, and he lost in the All-Comers final to Englishman Reginald Doherty. According to the Doherty brothers, Malcolm Whitman and Bill Larned were at the time the best American singles players.
He played on the inaugural American Davis Cup squad in 1900 and beat Englishman Arthur Gore in Boston, Massachusetts to help his US team win the trophy.[7] In the 1902 Davis Cup final against Great Britain in Brooklyn, he contributed to his team's win by defeating Joshua Pim and Reginald Doherty in the singles.[8]
Whitman retired from tennis in 1902 at the age of 25. He was a member of the executive committee of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association and held management positions in several companies.[5]
In 1932, he wrote a book on the origin of tennis titled Tennis - Origins and Mysteries.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 3 titles
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1898 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon Dwight Davis | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 | [9] |
| Win | 1899 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon J. Parmly Paret | 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 | [9] |
| Win | 1900 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Template:Flagicon William Larned | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 | [9] |
Playing style
In their book R.F. and H.L. Doherty - On Lawn Tennis (1903) multiple Wimbledon champions Reginald and Lawrence Doherty described Whitman's playing style:
Personal life
Whitman married his first wife, Janet McCook in 1907. She died in December 1909 after the birth of their second child.[10] In July 1912, Whitman married Jennie Adeline Crocker but they divorced in 1924. In 1926, Whitman married Lucilla Mara de Vescovi, known as the Countess Mara. In December 1931, his daughter Mary, 16, from his second marriage, died of pneumonia.[11] On December 28, 1932, Whitman committed suicide by jumping off an apartment building in New York after a nervous breakdown.[12]
Bibliography
- Malcolm Douglass Whitman: Tennis Origins and Mysteries. With an historical bibliography by Robert W. Henderson. Derrydale Press, New York NY 1932, (Template:ISBN).
- Malcolm D. Whitman: "Fly Fishing Up to Date. Privately printed by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass 1924
- Malcolm D. Whitman, writing under the pseudonym Icarus de Plume: "The Island of Elcadar" Marshall Jones Co., Boston 1921
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Malcom Whitman: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ International Tennis Hall of Fame Inductee
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former U.S. Davis Cup stars meet for Centennial Celebration". Athens Banner-Herald. July 14, 1999. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NCAA Championships (1883-1956)". Council of Ivy League Presidents. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jumps To Death From Penthouse". The Evening Independent. December 28, 1932 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lawn Tennis At Newport" (PDF). The New York Times. August 22, 1897. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Davis Cup - Results 1900". ITF. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Davis Cup - Results 1902". ITF. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."US Open Past Champions / Men's Singles". US Open official website. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mrs. Malcolm Whitman" (PDF). The New York Times. December 19, 1909. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Young Heiress Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. December 31, 1931. p. 6. Retrieved April 14, 2012 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."M.D. Whitman Ends His Life In Leap". The New York Times. December 29, 1932. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
External links
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