Jahial "John" Parmly Paret (October 3, 1870 – November 24, 1952) was a tennis player and writer from the United States.
![]() Paret, c. 1899 | |
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Born | Bayonne, New Jersey, USA[1] | October 3, 1870
Died | November 24, 1952 Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA | (aged 82)
Turned pro | 1889 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1903 |
Singles | |
Career record | 201–83 (70.7%)[2] |
Career titles | 15[2] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1898) |
US Open | F (1899Ch) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1898) |
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.[3][4] He also reached the quarterfinals in 1897. The biggest title win of his career came at the 1902 U.S. National Indoor Championships where he defeated Wylie Grant.
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).[5]
Grand Slam finals
editSingles (1 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1899 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Malcolm Whitman | 1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
References
edit- ^ "Parmly Paret's GS Performance Timeline & Stats". www.db4tennis.com.
- ^ a b "Jahail Parmly Paret: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL.
- ^ "History > Men's Singles Championships". usopen.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "US National/US Open Championships" (PDF). usta.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ^ "Jahial Parmly Paret". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
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