Jahial Parmly Paret

Jahial Parmly Paret
Paret, c. 1899
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1870-10-03)October 3, 1870
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA[1]
Died November 24, 1952(1952-11-24) (aged 82)
Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA
Turned pro 1889 (amateur tour)
Retired 1903
Singles
Career record 201-83 (70.7%) [2]
Career titles 15 [3]
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon 2R (1898)
US Open F (1899Ch)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1898)

Jahial "John" Parmly Paret (October 3, 1870 – November 24, 1952) was a tennis player and writer from the United States.

Paret won the All-Comers final, but finished runner-up to Malcolm Whitman in the Challenge Round of the U.S. National Championships men's singles event, in 1899.[4][5] He also reached the quarterfinals in 1897. Parmly Paret became the author or several books about tennis technique and strategy, including Lawn Tennis : its Past, Present, and Future (1904), Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis (1915) and Mechanics of the Game of Lawn Tennis (1926).[6]

Grand Slam singles finals (1)

Challenge Rounds (0–1)

Year Championship Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1899U.S. National ChampionshipsGrassUnited States Malcolm Whitman1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7

References

  1. ↑ "Parmly Paret's GS Performance Timeline & Stats". www.db4tennis.com.
  2. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Jahail Parmly Paret: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Jahail Parmly Paret: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "History > Men's Singles Championships". usopen.org. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  5. ↑ "US National/US Open Championships" (PDF). usta.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  6. ↑ "Jahial Parmly Paret". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 2009-06-24.


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