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American tennis player
Clarence Griffin
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Full name
| Clarence James Griffin
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Country (sports)
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United States
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Born
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1888-01-19
)
January 19, 1888
San Francisco
, California, United States
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Died
| March 28, 1973
(1973-03-28)
(aged 85)
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Height
| 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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Turned pro
| 1906
(amateur tour)
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Retired
| 1931
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Plays
| Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
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Int. Tennis HoF
| 1970
(
member page
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Highest ranking
| No. 6 (1916 U.S. ranking)
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Wimbledon
| 2R (
1919
)
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US Open
| SF (
1916
)
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US Open
| W
(
1915
,
1916
,
1920
)
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Last updated on: December 12, 2012.
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Clarence James "Peck" Griffin
(January 19, 1888 – March 28, 1973) was an American
tennis
player. His best major performance in singles was reaching the semi-finals of the
1916 U.S. National Championships
(where he beat
Wallace F. Johnson
before losing to
R. Norris Williams
).
[1]
He also reached the quarter-finals in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1920.
Biography
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He was born on January 19, 1888, in San Francisco, California.
Griffin ranked in singles in the U.S. Top Ten three times: he was No. 7 in 1915 and No. 6 in both 1916 and 1920. In addition to his singles success, Griffin also made a mark in doubles with fellow Californian
Bill Johnston
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In 1913 he won the singles title at the
Niagara International Tennis Tournament
defeating Edward H. Whitney in four sets. He successfully defended his title in the challenge round in the following year, 1914, against George Church, also in four sets.
[2]
He won the singles and doubles titles at the
Cincinnati
tournament in 1915 and was a doubles champion and singles finalist in Cincinnati in 1916. In 1915 he was victorious in the Tri-State Championship, disposing W.S. McElroy in the challenge round in three straight sets.
[3]
Griffin, and doubles partner Johnston, won the U.S. doubles title three times (1915, 1916, and 1920), and Griffin also reached the 1913 doubles final with John Strachan.
[4]
He and Strachan won the U.S. Clay Court title that year, and in 1914 Griffin reached his singles final in a comeback beating of Elia Fottrell, 3?6, 6?8, 8?6, 6?0, 6?2, for the Clay Court singles crown (held that year in Cincinnati).
[2]
In 1929, he married Mildred Talbot De Camp, daughter of T. James Talbot of Los Angeles.
[5]
He died on March 28, 1973.
Legacy
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He was a 5-foot-7 right-handed player and entered the
International Tennis Hall of Fame
in 1970. His nephew was entertainer
Merv Griffin
.
Grand Slam finals
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Doubles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result
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Year
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Championship
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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Loss
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1913
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U.S. Championships
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Grass
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John Strachan
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Maurice E. McLoughlin
Tom Bundy
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4?6, 5?7, 1?6
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Win
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1915
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U.S. Championships
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Grass
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Bill Johnston
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Maurice E. McLoughlin
Tom Bundy
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2?6, 6?3, 6?4, 3?6, 6?3
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Win
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1916
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U.S. Championships
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Grass
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Bill Johnston
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Maurice E. McLoughlin
Ward Dawson
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6?4, 6?3, 5?7, 6?3
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Win
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1920
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U.S. Championships
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Grass
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Bill Johnston
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Roland Roberts
Willis E. Davis
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6?2, 6?2, 6?3
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References
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- ^
Talbert, Bill
(1967).
Tennis Observed
. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 94.
OCLC
172306
.
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a
b
Ohnsorg, Roger W.
Robert Lindley Murray: The Reluctant U.S. Tennis Champion; includes "The First Forty Years of American Tennis"
. Victoria, BC: Trafford On Demand Pub. pp. 293, 294.
ISBN
9781426945144
.
- ^
"Tri-State Tennis Titles"
(PDF)
.
The New York Times
. September 19, 1915
. Retrieved
July 28,
2012
.
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Collins, Bud (2010).
The Bud Collins History of Tennis
(2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 477.
ISBN
978-0942257700
.
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"Clarence J. Griffin Weds. Tennis Star Marries Mrs. Mildred T. De Camp at Municipal Building"
.
The New York Times
. March 8, 1929
. Retrieved
August 5,
2014
.
Mildred Talbot De Camp, daughter of T. James Talbot of Los Angeles ...
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