Keith Gledhill was an American tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player of the 1930s.

Playing career

Gledhill attended Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 and in 1931, became the second Stanford player to win the NCAA Men's Singles Championship

NCAA Men's Tennis Championship

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. In 1932, Gledhill and partner Joe Coughlin won the NCAA Doubles Championship.

In Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 events, Glenhill and partner Ellsworth Vines

Ellsworth Vines

Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr. was an American tennis champion of the 1930s, the World No. 1 player or the co-No. 1 for four years in 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1937.-Biography:...

 won the doubles championship at the U.S. Championships in 1932. Six months later, Gledhill and Vines won the 1933 Australian Championships

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

 doubles title. In that tournament, Gledhill also recorded his highest Grand Slam singles finish, losing in the final to Jack Crawford.

Singles runner-up (1)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1933	Australian Championships Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	Jack Crawford	2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles wins (2)

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1932	U.S. Championships	Ellsworth Vines Ellsworth Vines Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr. was an American tennis champion of the 1930s, the World No. 1 player or the co-No. 1 for four years in 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1937.-Biography:...	Wilmer Allison Wilmer Allison Wilmer Lawson Allison, Jr. was an American amateur tennis champion of the 1930s...  / John Van Ryn John Van Ryn John Van Ryn was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as being a great doubles player with Wilmer Allison.- External links :*...	10-8, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1933	Australian Championships Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	Ellsworth Vines	Jack Crawford / Gar Moon	6–4, 6–3, 6–2