Maurice Evans McLoughlin (January 7, 1890 – December 10, 1957) was an American tennis player.
Known for his powerful serve, overhead, and volley, McLoughlin was the first male tennis champion from the western United States.
Full name | Maurice Evans McLoughlin |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | AKA "The California Comet" |
Born | Carson City, Nevada | January 7, 1890
Died | December 10, 1957 Hermosa Beach, California | (aged 67)
Retired | 1919 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1957 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 189–25 (88.3%) |
Career titles | 29 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1914, A. Wallis Myers) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1913Ch) |
US Open | W (1912, 1913) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1912, 1913, 1914) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1913) |
He was born on January 7, 1890, in Carson City, Nevada.
At the U.S. Championships, he won the singles twice, 1912 and 1913, and the doubles three times with Thomas Bundy, 1912-1914. In 1913 he also became the first American to be a finalist in the singles at Wimbledon when he defeated Stanley Doust in the final of the All-Comers tournament. He lost the Challenge Round in straight sets to defending champion Anthony Wilding.
The "California Comet" was the World No. 1 player for 1914. He married Helen Mears in 1918 and they had three children.
He died on December 10, 1957, in Hermosa Beach, California.
In 1915, McLoughlin published an instructional tennis book titled Tennis as I Play It, ghostwritten by Sinclair Lewis.
McLoughlin was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 1957.
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1911 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | William Larned | 4–6, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1912 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Wallace F. Johnson | 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1913 | Wimbledon | Grass | Anthony Wilding | 6–8, 3–6, 8–10 |
Win | 1913 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Richard Norris Williams | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 1914 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Richard Norris Williams | 3–6, 6–8, 8–10 |
Loss | 1915 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Bill Johnston | 6–1, 0–6, 5–7, 8–10 |
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1912 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Tom Bundy | Raymond Little Gustave Touchard | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 1913 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Tom Bundy | John Strachan Clarence Griffin | 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 1914 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Tom Bundy | George Church Dean Mathey | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1915 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Tom Bundy | Clarence Griffin Bill Johnston | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 1916 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Henry Ward Dawson | Clarence Griffin Bill Johnston | 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
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