John McDiarmid (tennis)
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John McDiarmid was a tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Beckley, West Virginia
.
In singles, McDiarmid was ranked as high as No. 7 in the United States, achieving that ranking in 1936. That year he was a semifinalist at the U.S. Clay Court Championships and at Cincinnati
, and a quarterfinalist at the U.S. National Championship
. He also was a finalist at the Kentucky State Championships in 1936 and won the Chicago City Championships that year, as he was living there at the time.
In 1937 he reached the singles final in Cincinnati before falling to Bobby Riggs
.
McDiarmid also was a player. He paired with Eugene McCauliff to reach the doubles final at the U.S. Nationals in 1936, and to win back-to-back doubles titles in Cincinnati in 1936 and 1937. No other doubles team would win consecutive titles in Cincinnati until 69 years later when Jonas Björkman
and Max Mirnyi
successfully defended their 2005 Cincinnati doubles title by winning the title in 2006.
He also was a doubles finalist in Cincinnati in 1933.
McDiarmid attended Texas Christian University
, and has been inducted into that school's Letterman's Association Hall of Fame, as well as the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Beckley, West Virginia
Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House...
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In singles, McDiarmid was ranked as high as No. 7 in the United States, achieving that ranking in 1936. That year he was a semifinalist at the U.S. Clay Court Championships and at Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...
, and a quarterfinalist at the U.S. National Championship
U.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
. He also was a finalist at the Kentucky State Championships in 1936 and won the Chicago City Championships that year, as he was living there at the time.
In 1937 he reached the singles final in Cincinnati before falling to Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs
Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs was a 1930s–40s tennis player who was the World No. 1 or the co-World No. 1 player for three years, first as an amateur in 1941, then as a professional in 1946 and 1947...
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McDiarmid also was a player. He paired with Eugene McCauliff to reach the doubles final at the U.S. Nationals in 1936, and to win back-to-back doubles titles in Cincinnati in 1936 and 1937. No other doubles team would win consecutive titles in Cincinnati until 69 years later when Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
and Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
successfully defended their 2005 Cincinnati doubles title by winning the title in 2006.
He also was a doubles finalist in Cincinnati in 1933.
McDiarmid attended Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
, and has been inducted into that school's Letterman's Association Hall of Fame, as well as the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.