Maurice McLoughlin

Maurice Evans McLoughlin (January 7, 1890 – December 10, 1957) was an American tennis player. Known for his powerful serve and overhead volley, McLoughlin was the first male tennis champion from the western United States.[3]

Maurice McLoughlin

Full name	Maurice Evans McLoughlin
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	AKA "The California Comet"
Born	(1890-01-07)January 7, 1890 Carson City, NV, U.S.
Died	December 10, 1957(1957-12-10) (aged 67) Hermosa Beach, CA, U.S.
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 (1913^Ch)
US Open	W (1912, 1913)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1912, 1913, 1914)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1913)

Maurice McLoughlin (1890-1957), Henry Ward Dawson (1890-?), William Johnston (1894-1946), Clarence Griffin (1888-1973) on August 30, 1916 at the national men's doubles championship.

McLoughlin vs. Melville H. Long on September 9, 1911 at The Championships, Wimbledon

Biography

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]

Legacy

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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: (2 titles, 4 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

References

1. "Maurice McLoughlin: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
2. "Lawn Tennis". Auckland Star. Auckland, New Zealand. XLVI (91): 15. April 17, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2013 – via PapersPast.
3. "'California Comet,' Noted for Flashy Style, Helped Game to National Popularity. Maurice McLoughlin Dies at 67. U.S. Tennis Champion in '12-13". Associated Press in the New York Times. December 12, 1957. Retrieved August 5, 2014. 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.
4. "American Lawn Tennis". United States Lawn Tennis Association. 1931. Retrieved December 17, 2010. Maurice E. McLoughlin, born January 7, 1890; Melville H. Long, born October 18, 1889.
5. "M'Loughlin is New Tennis Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. August 27, 1912.
6. "Mc'Loughlin Beats Doust At Tennis". New York Times. July 2, 1913. Retrieved October 29, 2010. 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.
7. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 417, 457, 477. ISBN 978-0942257700.
8. Runyon, Damon (November 1914), "McLoughlin—The World's Greatest Tennis Player", Munsey's Magazine, 53 (11): 331–8
9. McLoughlin, Maurice (1915). Tennis As I Play It. New York: George H. Doran.
10. Pastore, Stephen R., Sinclair Lewis: A Descriptive Bibliography, New Haven, YALEbooks, 1997, pp.323–5.

External links

• Works by or about Maurice McLoughlin at Internet Archive
• Maurice McLoughlin at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Maurice McLoughlin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Maurice McLoughlin at the Davis Cup
• Maurice McLoughlin at the International Tennis Federation