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%)[1] |
Career titles | 29[1] |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1914, A. Wallis Myers)[2] |
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) |
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.[3]
He was born on January 7, 1890, in Carson City, Nevada.[3][4]
At the U.S. Championships, he won the singles twice, 1912[5] 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.[6][7]
The "California Comet" was the World No. 1 player for 1914.[8] He married Helen Mears in 1918 and they had three children.
He died on December 10, 1957, in Hermosa Beach, California.[3]
In 1915, McLoughlin published an instructional tennis book titled Tennis as I Play It,[9] ghostwritten by Sinclair Lewis.[10]
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 |
Maurice E. McLoughlin, tennis star in the early part of the century, died at his home last night after a short illness. He was 67 years old. He suffered a heart attack a week ago.
Maurice E. McLoughlin, born January 7, 1890; Melville H. Long, born October 18, 1889.
Maurice E. McLoughlin of San Francisco, the United States lawn tennis champion, by defeating to-day in three straight sets Stanley N. Doust, the Australasian Davis Cup Captain, in the final round of the all-England lawn tennis singles championship tournament, won the right to challenge A. F. Wilding of New Zealand, the title holder, and the match will be played here on Friday.