Clarence Griffin

Clarence Griffin
Full nameClarence James Griffin
Country (sports) United States
Born(1888-01-19)January 19, 1888
San Francisco, California, United States
DiedMarch 28, 1973(1973-03-28) (aged 85)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1906 (amateur tour)
Retired1931
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1970 (member page)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 6 (1916 U.S. ranking)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1919)
US OpenSF (1916)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenW (1915, 1916, 1920)
Last updated on: December 12, 2012.
Maurice Evans McLoughlin (1890-1957), Henry Ward Dawson (1890-1963), William Marquitz Johnston (1894-1946), Clarence James Griffinon (1888-1973) on August 30, 1916 at the national men's doubles championship.

Clarence James "Peck" Griffin (January 19, 1888 – March 28, 1973) was an American tennis player. His best major performance in singles was reaching the semi-finals of the 1916 U.S. National Championships (where he beat Wallace F. Johnson before losing to R. Norris Williams).[1] He also reached the quarter-finals in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1920.

  1. ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 94. OCLC 172306.