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Chester "Chet" Murphy (born November 15, 1917) is an American former tennis player, coach, instructor and author. In 1938 and 1939, Murphy and his twin brother, William, won consecutive Big Ten Conference doubles championships while competing for the University of Chicago. In 1939, he was also the runner-up in the NCAA singles and doubles championships. Murphy later had a long career as a tennis coach and instructor at the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Berkeley and The Broadmoor resort in Colorado. He has also published several books on tennis. ==Tennis player== A native of Chicago, Illinois, Murphy and twin brother, William, began play as a doubles team for Tilden High School in Chicago. The brothers won the Illinois High School Athletics Association state championship in doubles in both 1934 and 1935.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Illinois High School Athletics Association )〕 They played for the University of Chicago from 1937 to 1939, leading the school to three Big Ten tennis championships. As a doubles team, they were "undefeated in collegiate meets," including wins at the Big Ten doubles championships in 1938 and 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Chicago )〕 They were also the runner-up team at the 1939 NCAA doubles championship.〔 In 1938, the Murphy brothers helped the undefeated University of Chicago tennis team score the first clean sweep in the history of the Big Ten tennis championships by winning all nine finals matches at Evanston, Illinois. The brothers won the doubles title over the Northwestern team, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5. John Shostrom won the No. 1 singles and the Murphy brothers won the No. 2 and No. 3 singles.〔 At the national level, the Murphy brothers were ranked as the #10 doubles pair by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in 1938. In May 1939, when the Murphy brothers led the University of Chicago to its third straight Big Ten Tennis Championship, the Associated Press wrote: "The University of Chicago, where the athletic habit of recent years had leaned toward defeat, now has a new complex well established – tennis championships." The Murphy brothers won their second consecutive doubles championship, and Chet won the No. 1 singles.〔 In June 1939, the brothers were runners up in the NCAA doubles championship to Bob Peacock and Doug Imhoff of University of California-Berkeley. and Chet was runner up in the NCAA singles championship to Frank Guernsey of Rice in Texas. In US singles competition Chet never lost to Bill Talbert. In May 1939, Murphy played an exhibition match against the top-ranked American female tennis player, Alice Marble. The match was played in front of a "throng of 2,000, crowding every possible point of vision," with Murphy winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chet Murphy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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