Clarence Clark

For the Wyoming politician, see Clarence D. Clark

For the Philadelphia financier, see Clarence Howard Clark

Clarence Munroe Clark (August 27, 1859 - June 29, 1937) was an American tennis player active near the end of the 19th century.

Biography

Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, he was part of a distinguished family from Philadelphia. In 1881, he became the first secretary of the recently-formed United States Lawn Tennis Association. This same year he won the first doubles tournament in the U.S. National Championships (later called the U.S. Open), playing with Frederick Winslow Taylor, after defeating first the favored Richard Sears/James Dwight, and in the final round, Alexander van Rensselaer/Arthur Newbold (6-5, 6-4, 6-5). In 1882, he reached the singles final of the championships, where he lost to the reigning champion Sears (6-1, 6-4, 6-0).

He married the sister of his doubles partner, Taylor, who would go on to a noted career as an engineer and organizational theorist.

Clark endowed a professorship in Mountain Agriculture at Berea College.^[1]

He died on June 29, 1937, at his home, Cedron (house), in Germantown, Philadelphia.^[2]

Legacy

He was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983, joining his brother Joseph Clark, who was inducted in 1955.

External links

• International Tennis Hall of Fame

References

1. ^ http://www.berea.edu/cataloghandbook/academics/cfa/endowedchairs.asp
2. ^ "Clarence Clark, Financier, was 77. Partner in Philadelphia Firm of Private Bankers Dies. Executive in Utilities". New York Times. June 30, 1937. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D17FB345E177A93C2AA178DD85F438385F9. Retrieved 2010-12-09. "Clarence Munroe Clark, banker and sportsman, died today at his estate, Cedron, in Germantown, after an illness of seven months. He was in his seventy-eighth year." 

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

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Name	Clark, Clarence
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Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	August 27, 1859
Place of birth
Date of death	June 29, 1937
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