Howard Taylor (tennis)

Howard Taylor
Full name Howard Augustus Taylor
Country (sports)  United States
Born 23 November 1865
New York City, United States
Died 26 November 1920 (aged 55).[1]
New York City, United States
Turned pro 1879 (amateur tour)
Retired 1890
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon 1R (1879)
US Open F (1884Ch, 1886, 1887, 1888)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open W (1889)

Howard Taylor was a tennis player from the United States.

Taylor performed well at the U.S. National Championships, reaching the Challenge Round in 1884 (beating Joseph Clark, Percy Knapp and William Thorne before losing to Richard Sears).[2] Taylor reached the all comers final in 1886 (beating James Dwight and Clark before losing to Robert Livingston Beeckman).[3] He reached the all comers final in 1887 (beating Oliver Campbell before losing to Henry Slocum).[4] Slocum beat him in the all comers final again in 1888. Taylor also won the doubles title in 1889 alongside Slocum, finishing runner-up in 1886 and 1887.

Taylor attended Harvard University, where he was an NCAA singles and doubles champion in 1883.[5] His occupation was a lawyer.[1]

Grand Slam record

U.S. National championships

  • Singles finalist: 1884, 1888
  • Doubles champion: 1889
  • Doubles finalist: 1886, 1887

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1889U.S. ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Henry SlocumUnited States Valentine Hall
United States Oliver Campbell		14–12, 10–8, 6–4

References

  1. 1 2 "Howard Augustus Taylor". www.findagrave.com.
  2. ↑ "U. S. Open 1884". www.tennis.co.nf.
  3. ↑ "U. S. Open 1886". www.tennis.co.nf.
  4. ↑ "U. S. Open 1887". www.tennis.co.nf.
  5. ↑ "The Ivy League". www.ivyleaguesports.com. Council of Ivy League Presidents and The Ivy League. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013.


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