Full name | Joseph Sill Clark |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Germantown, Philadelphia | November 30, 1861
Died | April 14, 1956 Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia | (aged 94)
Turned pro | 1882 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1893 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1955 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 55/23 (70.5%) [1] |
Career titles | 6 [1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | SF (1885, 1886, 1887) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | W (1885) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | W (1887, 1888) not official |
Joseph Sill Clark Sr. | |
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Parent | Edward White Clark |
Relatives | Clarence Munroe Clark, brother Enoch White Clark, grandfather |
Joseph Sill Clark Sr. (November 30, 1861 – April 14, 1956) was an American tennis player. Clark won the 1885 U.S. National Championship in doubles with partner Dick Sears. He was also the inaugural singles and doubles national collegiate champion, in 1883. When he died in 1956, he was Philadelphia's oldest practicing attorney.[2]