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Jahial Parmly Paret

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Jahial Parmly Paret
Paret, c. 1899
Country (sports) United States
Born(1870-10-03)October 3, 1870
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA[1]
DiedNovember 24, 1952(1952-11-24) (aged 82)
Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA
Turned pro1889 (amateur tour)
Retired1903
Singles
Career record201–83 (70.7%)[2]
Career titles15[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1898)
US OpenF (1899Ch)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1898)

Jahial "John" Parmly Paret (October 3, 1870 – November 24, 1952) was a tennis player and writer from the United States.

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

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Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1899 U.S. National Championships Grass United States Malcolm Whitman 1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ "Parmly Paret's GS Performance Timeline & Stats". www.db4tennis.com.
  2. ^ a b "Jahail Parmly Paret: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "History > Men's Singles Championships". usopen.org. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "US National/US Open Championships" (PDF). usta.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
  5. ^ "Jahial Parmly Paret". openlibrary.org. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
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